Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

NE of Ushet Point, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830615/04 Date: 1983-06-15 GPS: 55.26567,-6.17233. Depth: -27.0 to -28.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow plain with boulder/ cobbles on mud gravel and small patch of horizontal bedrock.

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Species list (35 species recorded)

PORIFERA CNIDARIA CRUSTACEA Coryphella lineata Ophiothrix fragilis Corella parallelogramma Acrosorium venulosum
Sycon ciliatum Halecium halecinum Anapagurus chiroacanthus BRYOZOA Ophiocomina nigra Ascidiella aspersa
Stelligera stuposa Nemertesia antennina Pagurus prideaux Flustra foliacea Amphipholis squamata Ascidia mentula
Polymastia boletiformis Nemertesia ramosa Hyas coarctatus Securiflustra securifrons Psammechinus miliaris Polycarpa pomaria
Suberites carnosus Plumularia setacea MOLLUSCA Omalosecosa ramulosa TUNICATA Botrylloides leachi
Axinella infundibuliformis Calliactis palliata Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata ECHINODERMATA Synoicum pulmonaria RHODOPHYTA
Halichondria bowerbanki Caryophyllia smithii Antiopella cristata Crossaster papposus Didemnum sp. Phyllophora crispa

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