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Ringfad Point, Carnlough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830819/06 Date: 1983-08-19 GPS: 55.01500,-5.97217 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulders with very dense kelp forest and thick algal understorey mainly Plocamium.

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Species list (33 species recorded)

PORIFERA Scalibregma inflatum Alcyonidium diaphanum Bonnemaisonia asparagoides Phyllophora crispa Heterosiphonia plumosa Pterosiphonia parasitica
Oscarella sp. Spirorbis sp. Membranipora membranacea Palmaria palmata Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Acrosorium venulosum CHROMOPHYTA
Amphilectus fucorum MOLLUSCA Electra pilosa Calliblepharis ciliata Plocamium cartilagineum Cryptopleura ramosa Dictyota dichotoma
CNIDARIA Steromphala cineraria ECHINODERMATA Dilsea carnosa Lomentaria articulata Membranoptera alata Laminaria digitata
Obelia geniculata Calliostoma zizyphinum Henricia oculata Halarachnion ligulatum Compsothamnion thuyoides Phycodrys rubens Laminaria hyperborea
ANNELIDA BRYOZOA RHODOPHYTA Metacallophyllis laciniata Pterothamnion plumula Odonthalia dentata

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