Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/03 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.28400,-6.22833. Depth: -31.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sediment plain with small boulders and posssibly bedrock beneath. Loose living Caryophyllia smithii on sediment.

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Species list (37 species recorded)

PORIFERA Diphasia margareta Aglaophenia tubulifera CRUSTACEA Eubranchus tricolor ECHINODERMATA Ascidiella scabra
Polymastia boletiformis Diphasia rosacea Rhizocaulus verticillatus Anapagurus hyndmanni Pecten maximus Antedon bifida RHODOPHYTA
Iophon hyndmani Sertularella gayi Caryophyllia smithii Hyas coarctatus Aequipecten opercularis Ophiura albida Stenogramme interrupta
CNIDARIA Sertularella polyzonias ANNELIDA MOLLUSCA BRYOZOA TUNICATA Delesseria sanguinea
Tubularia indivisa Sertularia argentea Lanice conchilega Leptochiton asellus Alcyonidium diaphanum Polyclinum aurantium
Halecium beanii Nemertesia antennina Sabella pavonina Calliostoma zizyphinum Flustra foliacea Synoicum pulmonaria
Halecium halecinum Nemertesia ramosa Pomatoceros triqueter Diaphoreolis viridis Cellaria sinuosa Corella parallelogramma

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