Louis Shied
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About this site
The Louis Shied lies off the Cornwall coast in southwest England, near coordinates 50.74341, -4.5813, with a maximum depth of around 12 metres, making it a shallow dive. Divers have reported tompot blennies and velvet swimming crabs around the structure, along with nursehound and small-spotted catshark resting on the bottom. Blonde skate and spotted skate have also been noted here, and the site's hard surfaces carry snakelocks anemone, strawberry anemone, and Lamarck's Christmas tree worm.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
NursehoundScyliorhinus stellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puberReported here · unconfirmed
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragaceaReported here · unconfirmed
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridisReported here · unconfirmed
Blonde SkateRaja brachyuraReported here · unconfirmed
Small-spotted CatsharkScyliorhinus caniculaReported here · unconfirmed
Spotted SkateRaja montaguiReported here · unconfirmed
Tompot BlennyParablennius gattorugineReported here · unconfirmed
Lamarck's Christmas Tree WormSpirobranchus lamarckiReported here · unconfirmed
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