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North of The Giants Causeway.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820730/05 Date: 1982-07-30 GPS: 55.24217,-6.51150 [ View map ]

Site Description: Large bedrock blocks mainly vertical sides roundish tops. Few small boulders/cobbles. Tall kelp forest. Dense reds on stipes/rock. Patches of Dendrodoa.

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Species list (34 species recorded)

PORIFERA CNIDARIA Calliostoma zizyphinum Henricia oculata Palmaria palmata Cryptopleura ramosa Alaria esculenta
Clathrina coriacea Plumularia setacea Lacuna (Epheria) vincta Ophiothrix fragilis Corallina officinalis Membranoptera alata Laminaria hyperborea
Sycon ciliatum Urticina felina Nucella lapillus TUNICATA Lithophyllum sp. Odonthalia dentata
Pachymatisma johnstonia ANNELIDA BRYOZOA Dendrodoa grossularia Dilsea carnosa Polysiphonia sp.
Amphilectus fucorum Filograna implexa Membranipora membranacea PISCES Metacallophyllis laciniata CHROMOPHYTA
Halichondria panicea MOLLUSCA Bicellariella ciliata Taurulus bubalis Plocamium cartilagineum Desmarestia aculeata
Dysidea fragilis Steromphala cineraria ECHINODERMATA RHODOPHYTA Ptilota gunneri Desmarestia ligulata
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