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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.

Species list and abundance (42 species recorded):

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

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