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Ballygalley Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830630/03 Date: 1983-06-30 GPS: 54.90283,-5.83067. Depth: -20.0 to -21.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow slope of muddy gravel. Pebble cobble and shell gravel at 23m. Up to boulder slope with shell sand and onto similar boulder plain-little maerl.

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Species list (57 species recorded)

PORIFERA Sertularella gayi Pomatoceros triqueter Jujubinus (Clelandella) miliaris Eucratea loricata Marthasterias glacialis Pholis gunnellus
Sycon ciliatum Sertularia argentea Filograna implexa Calliostoma zizyphinum Flustra foliacea Ophiothrix fragilis Zeugopterus punctatus
Iophonopsis nigricans Kirchenpaueria pinnata CRUSTACEA Lacuna (Lacuna) crassior Securiflustra securifrons Ophiocomina nigra RHODOPHYTA
Hymedesmia paupertas Rhizocaulus verticillatus Balanus crenatus Buccinum undatum Bugula avicularia Echinus esculentus Lithophyllum sp.
Amphilectus fucorum Urticina felina Pagurus bernhardus Dendronotus frondosus Bicellariella ciliata TUNICATA Phymatolithon calcareum
CNIDARIA Stomphia coccinea Hyas coarctatus Polycera faeroensis Cellaria fistulosa Ascidiella scabra Phyllophora crispa
Tubularia indivisa Actinothoe sphyrodeta MOLLUSCA BRYOZOA Parasmittina trispinosa Polycarpa pomaria Phycodrys rubens
Halecium halecinum Caryophyllia smithii Leptochiton asellus Crisia denticulata Cellepora pumicosa Botryllus schlosseri
Abietinaria abietina ANNELIDA Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida Alcyonidium diaphanum ECHINODERMATA Botrylloides leachi
Hydrallmania falcata Chaetopterus variopedatus Steromphala cineraria Vesicularia spinosa Crossaster papposus PISCES

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