Macro Rockpooling

Posted on December 30, 2025 by An Bollenessor under anemones, cnidarians, crustaceans, echinoderms, Macro, molluscs, mzuiko60mm, Olympus OM-E-M1 Mark II, photography, rock pooling, sponges, tunicates, worms

I realised I had not posted (much) about this year’s rockpool snorkels so I am taking the opportunity to post a ‘picdump’ with a whole array of tiny species. These photos were taken with a macrolens, and for most a wetlens was used for even greater magnification. Above the Tortoiseshell Limpet Tectura virginea, a tiny species living on calcified red seaweed. I have added species names to the photos below.

Three echinoderms

Posted on September 29, 2013 by An Bollenessor under echinoderms

I have been traveling quite a bit over summer but now I am back and hope to soon kick start my aquarium (it just has sand and some cushion stars in it at the moment). I have already gone out rock pooling again a couple of times. For the very first time I have found a sea urchin at Castle Beach in Falmouth, a little Psammechinus miliaris:

I found the Common starfish Asterias rubens and especially the Spiny starfish Marthasterias glacialis to be very common this time of year:

The abundant Cushion star Asterina gibbosa:

I hope to soon post about the aquarium again!