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North of The Giants Causeway.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820730/03 Date: 1982-07-30 GPS: 55.24367,-6.51300. Depth: -15.0 to -16.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bottom series of ridges & ledges. Small vertical faces. Fair no. of crevices. Areas of cobble in shallow gullies. Many reds. Kelp park-few small plants. Patches Alcyonium.

Species list (81 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Nemertesia antennina	Trivia (Trivia) monacha	Pentapora foliacea	Morchellium argus	Kallymenia reniformis	Nitophyllum punctatum
Sycon ciliatum	Alcyonium digitatum	Doto fragilis	Parasmittina trispinosa	Sidnyum turbinatum	Phyllophora crispa	Phycodrys rubens
Pachymatisma johnstonia	Actinothoe sphyrodeta	Diaphorodoris luteocincta	ECHINODERMATA	Aplidium punctum	Schottera nicaeensis	Radicilingua thysanorhizans
Cliona celata	Caryophyllia smithii	Polycera faeroensis	Antedon bifida	Didemnum sp.	Plocamium cartilagineum	Brongniartella byssoides
Raspailia ramosa	ANNELIDA	Polycera quadrilineata	Crossaster papposus	Polycarpa sp.	Lomentaria orcadensis	Pterosiphonia parasitica
Polymastia boletiformis	Sabella pavonina	Eubranchus tricolor	Henricia oculata	Botryllus schlosseri	Rhodymenia ardissonei	CHROMOPHYTA
Phorbas fictitius	Pomatoceros triqueter	BRYOZOA	Asterias rubens	PISCES	Compsothamnion thuyoides	Dictyota dichotoma
Myxilla incrustans	CRUSTACEA	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Leptasterias muelleri	Labrus bergylta	Pterothamnion plumula	Laminaria hyperborea
Haliclona viscosa	Pagurus cuanensis	Electra pilosa	Ophiura albida	Pleuronectes platessa	Heterosiphonia plumosa
CNIDARIA	MOLLUSCA	Flustra foliacea	Echinus esculentus	RHODOPHYTA	Acrosorium venulosum
Halecium halecinum	Tricolia (Tricolia) pullus	Securiflustra securifrons	Pawsonia saxicola	Bonnemaisonia asparagoides	Cryptopleura ramosa
Abietinaria abietina	Steromphala cineraria	Crisularia plumosa	Ocnus lacteus	Lithophyllum sp.	Delesseria sanguinea
Sertularia argentea	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Scrupocellaria reptans	TUNICATA	Rhodophyllis divaricata	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Halopteris catharina	Tectura virginea	Cellaria sinuosa	Clavelina lepadiformis	Metacallophyllis laciniata	Membranoptera alata

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