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SW of West Maiden, Maidens.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830524/03 Date: 1983-05-24 GPS: 54.92933,-5.73950 [ View map ]

Site Description: Tubularia larynx very abundant with Coryphella spp eating it. Echinus grazed kelp stopped at -14m. Very little red algae.

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Species list and abundance (32 species recorded):

Biotope 1 Ectopleura larynx P Aglaophenia tubulifera P CRUSTACEA Diaphorodoris luteocincta P Crisia eburnea P TUNICATA
PORIFERA Halecium halecinum P Obelia sp. P Caprella linearis P Coryphella browni P Bugulina flabellata P Corella parallelogramma P
Dysidea fragilis P Halecium muricatum P Obelia dichotoma P MOLLUSCA Coryphella lineata P ECHINODERMATA RHODOPHYTA
Axinella infundibuliformis P Abietinaria abietina P Obelia longissima P Calliostoma zizyphinum P Coryphella verrucosa P Henricia oculata P Delesseria sanguinea P
CNIDARIA Diphasia sp. P Alcyonium digitatum P Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P Edmundsella pedata P Marthasterias glacialis P CHROMOPHYTA
Tubularia indivisa P Diphasia rosacea P Urticina felina P Dendronotus frondosus P BRYOZOA Echinus esculentus P Laminaria hyperborea P

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