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An exposed flame shell on a dense bed in Loch Carron
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Painted gobies on maerl in Loch Carron
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An SNH diver surveying a flame shell bed in outer Loch Carron
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A butterfish with brittlestars on a flame shell bed in Loch Carron
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A flame shell naturally exposed on top of a bed of the species in Loch Carron
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A dogfish with brittlestars on a flame shell bed in Loch Carron
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A monitoring quadrat on a flame shell bed transect in Loch Carron
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A juvenile gadoid over a maerl bed in Loch Carron
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A sun star and brittlestars on a flame shell bed in Loch Carron
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Kayakers at Kishorn Island
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A flame shell showing bright orange tentacles
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Clumps of hydroids amongst red seaweeds and sea squirts on a flame shell bed in Loch Carron
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A black brittlestar with a small sea squirt on a maerl bed in Loch Carron
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The Sula Mhor from Plockon
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A diver videoing a transect on a flame shell bed in Loch Carron
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A flame shell on a maerl bed with red and green seaweeds - outer Loch Carron
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A common shore crab on a maerl bed in Loch Carron
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An SNH diver filming the outer Loch Carron flame shell bed
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A partially closed anemone on a flame shell be in Loch Carron
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A flame shell emerging from a Limaria bed in Loch Carron
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A featherstar on a kelp frond in Loch Carron
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Common shore crab on maerl in Loch Carron
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Close-up of a painted goby on the North Strome maerl bed, Loch Carron (3)
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A hermit crab amongst common brittlestar arms on a dead man's fingers in Loch Carron
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An SNH dive surveyor on a flame shell bed in outer Loch Carron
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A flame shell amongst red seaweeds - North Strome, Loch Carron
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A featherstar attached to a hydroid on the surface of a flame shell bed in Loch Carron
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SNH divers surfacing from a dive on the outer Loch Carron flame shell bed with RV Alba na Mara in the background
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A brightly coloured rocky reef community in Loch Carron
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Intact flame shell bed habitat - Loch Carron