Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/04 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.28633,-6.22733. Depth: -25.0 to -26.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sand very shallow in some places rock underneath. Many shell fragments in sand including fresh Artica.

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Species list (29 species recorded)

PORIFERA Tubularia indivisa Chaetopterus variopedatus Corystes cassivelaunus Flustra foliacea Corella parallelogramma Stenogramme interrupta
Stelligera stuposa Nemertesia antennina Lanice conchilega Polybius depurator Securiflustra securifrons Botryllus schlosseri Delesseria sanguinea
Polymastia boletiformis Urticina felina Sabella pavonina MOLLUSCA ECHINODERMATA PISCES Polysiphonia stricta
Polymastia penicillus Cylista elegans Pomatoceros triqueter Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata Ophiura albida Lophius piscatorius
CNIDARIA Caryophyllia smithii CRUSTACEA BRYOZOA TUNICATA Pleuronectes platessa
Corymorpha nutans ANNELIDA Pagurus bernhardus Alcyonidium diaphanum Polyclinum aurantium RHODOPHYTA

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