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Craigbrain N of Ballywalter.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820916/05 Date: 1982-09-16 GPS: 54.57050,-5.46817. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock with gullies. Large kelp plants on horizontal surfaces. Rich cover of algae beneath kelp.

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Species list (65 species recorded)

PORIFERA Actinothoe sphyrodeta Steromphala cineraria Cellepora pumicosa Aplidium punctum Lithophyllum sp. Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Sycon ciliatum Caryophyllia smithii Calliostoma zizyphinum ECHINODERMATA Didemnum maculosum Calliblepharis ciliata Phycodrys rubens
Pachymatisma johnstonia ANNELIDA Lacuna (Epheria) vincta Antedon bifida Diplosoma listerianum Dilsea carnosa Odonthalia dentata
Stelligera montagui Sabella pavonina Polycera quadrilineata Crossaster papposus Dendrodoa grossularia Metacallophyllis laciniata CHROMOPHYTA
Hemimycale columella CRUSTACEA BRYOZOA Henricia oculata Botryllus schlosseri Plocamium cartilagineum Dictyota dichotoma
Mycale rotalis Pandalus montagui Crisia denticulata Asterias rubens Botrylloides leachi Compsothamnion thuyoides Desmarestia aculeata
Haliclona sp. Galathea squamifera Crisia eburnea Leptasterias muelleri PISCES Halurus flosculosus Laminaria hyperborea
Halichondria sp. Galathea strigosa Alcyonidium diaphanum Ophiura albida Callionymus lyra Heterosiphonia plumosa Saccharina latissima
CNIDARIA Cancer pagurus Membranipora membranacea Echinus esculentus Gobiusculus flavescens Cryptopleura ramosa Halidrys siliquosa
Obelia geniculata Necora puber Bicellariella ciliata TUNICATA RHODOPHYTA Delesseria sanguinea CHLOROPHYTA
Alcyonium digitatum MOLLUSCA Scrupocellaria reptans Clavelina lepadiformis Bonnemaisonia asparagoides Erythroglossum laciniatum Cladophora sp.

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