Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

NE of Ushet Point, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830615/03 Date: 1983-06-15 GPS: 55.26167,-6.16983. Depth: -35.0 to -36.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Dense hydroid community on boulders with patches of muddy sand & gravel. Huge Axinella infundibuliformis

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Species list (60 species recorded)

PORIFERA Dysidea fragilis Plumularia setacea Pycnogonum littorale BRACHIOPODA Cellaria sinuosa TUNICATA
Oscarella sp. CNIDARIA Polyplumaria flabellata CRUSTACEA Neocrania anomala Porella compressa Synoicum pulmonaria
Cliona celata Garveia nutans Aglaophenia tubulifera Munida rugosa BRYOZOA Parasmittina trispinosa Aplidium punctum
Stelligera stuposa Halecium beanii Epizoanthus couchii MOLLUSCA Crisia denticulata Schizomavella linearis Didemnum sp.
Polymastia boletiformis Halecium halecinum Caryophyllia smithii Leptochiton asellus Crisia eburnea Cellepora pumicosa Corella parallelogramma
Iophon hyndmani Diphasia alata ANNELIDA Calliostoma zizyphinum Flustra foliacea ECHINODERMATA Ascidiella scabra
Iophonopsis nigricans Diphasia margareta Sabella pavonina Doto fragilis Securiflustra securifrons Antedon bifida Polycarpa pomaria
Hymedesmia paupertas Sertularella gayi Pomatoceros triqueter Doris pseudoargus Bugula avicularia Henricia oculata Polycarpa scuba
Amphilectus fucorum Halopteris catharina Filograna implexa Musculus discors Caberea ellisii Ophiopholis aculeata Boltenia echinata
Axinella infundibuliformis Nemertesia antennina CHELICERATA Pododesmus patelliformis Cellaria fistulosa Echinus esculentus Pyura tessellata

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