Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

NW of Giants Causeway.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830520/01 Date: 1983-05-20 GPS: 55.24367,-6.51300. Depth: -16.0 to -17.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bottom series of ridges & ledges. Small vertical faces. Fair no. of crevices. Areas of cobble in shallow gullies. Many reds. Kelp park-few small plants. Patches Alcyonium.

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Species list (58 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Abietinaria abietina	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Securiflustra securifrons	Echinus esculentus	Corella parallelogramma	Heterosiphonia plumosa
Grantia compressa	Hydrallmania falcata	Trivia arctica	Bicellariella ciliata	TUNICATA	Botryllus schlosseri	Cryptopleura ramosa
Polymastia boletiformis	Sertularia argentea	Nucella lapillus	Pentapora foliacea	Clavelina lepadiformis	Botrylloides leachi	Delesseria sanguinea
Polymastia penicillus	Alcyonium digitatum	Elysia viridis	Parasmittina trispinosa	Polyclinum aurantium	RHODOPHYTA	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Phorbas fictitius	Actinothoe sphyrodeta	Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata	ECHINODERMATA	Synoicum sp.	Metacallophyllis laciniata	CHROMOPHYTA
Halichondria bowerbanki	Caryophyllia smithii	Acanthodoris pilosa	Crossaster papposus	Synoicum incrustatum	Kallymenia reniformis	Dictyota dichotoma
Haliclona viscosa	ANNELIDA	Doris pseudoargus	Henricia oculata	Synoicum pulmonaria	Plocamium cartilagineum	Laminaria hyperborea
Dysidea fragilis	Pomatoceros triqueter	BRYOZOA	Asterias rubens	Morchellium argus	Lomentaria orcadensis
Haliclona sp.	MOLLUSCA	Crisia eburnea	Leptasterias muelleri	Sidnyum turbinatum	Rhodymenia ardissonei
CNIDARIA	Steromphala cineraria	Flustra foliacea	Amphipholis squamata	Aplidium punctum	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata

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