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W Larry Bane Head, Ballintoy.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830517/03 Date: 1983-05-17 GPS: 55.24200,-6.35517. Depth: -3.0 to -3.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Uneven broken limestone bedrock. Upper surfaces of Laminaria and reds; sides with Dendrodoa. One small area of clay completely smooth no life.

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Species list (42 species recorded)

PORIFERA Dysidea fragilis Cancer pagurus Dendrodoa grossularia Phyllophora pseudoceranoides Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii Laminaria hyperborea
Pachymatisma johnstonia CNIDARIA MOLLUSCA RHODOPHYTA Polyides rotundus Membranoptera alata Laminaria saccharina
Dercitus bucklandi Cereus pedunculatus Calliostoma zizyphinum Palmaria palmata Plocamium cartilagineum Nitophyllum punctatum Saccorhiza polyschides
Amphilectus fucorum Caryophyllia smithii BRYOZOA Corallina officinalis Ceramium sp. Phycodrys rubens
Halichondria panicea ANNELIDA Scrupocellaria reptans Lithophyllum sp. Halurus equisetifolius Odonthalia dentata
Hymeniacidon perleve Pomatoceros triqueter TUNICATA Dilsea carnosa Cryptopleura ramosa CHROMOPHYTA
Spongosorites calcicola Spirorbis sp. Polyclinum aurantium Meredithia microphylla Delesseria sanguinea Desmarestia aculeata
Haliclona viscosa CRUSTACEA Didemnum sp. Phyllophora crispa Erythroglossum laciniatum Alaria esculenta

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