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E of Sheep Is, Ballintoy.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830519/06 Date: 1983-05-19 GPS: 55.24783,-6.34900. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Large boulders with patches of cobble between. Dense kelp forest.

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Species list (40 species recorded)

PORIFERA Cylista elegans BRYOZOA TUNICATA Rhodophyllis werneri Halurus flosculosus Brongniartella byssoides
Clathrina coriacea MOLLUSCA Crisia eburnea Dendrodoa grossularia Dilsea carnosa Ptilota gunneri Odonthalia dentata
Grantia compressa Steromphala cineraria Membranipora membranacea Botryllus schlosseri Chondrus crispus Heterosiphonia plumosa Polysiphonia sp.
Halichondria panicea Calliostoma zizyphinum ECHINODERMATA RHODOPHYTA Metacallophyllis laciniata Cryptopleura ramosa CHROMOPHYTA
Haliclona sp. Lacuna (Epheria) vincta Henricia oculata Palmaria palmata Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Delesseria sanguinea Desmarestia viridis
CNIDARIA Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata Asterias rubens Corallina officinalis Plocamium cartilagineum Membranoptera alata Laminaria hyperborea
Obelia geniculata Okenia nodosa Echinus esculentus Lithophyllum sp. Lomentaria articulata Phycodrys rubens
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