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W of Watson Rocks, Carlingford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840607/08 Date: 1984-06-07 GPS: 54.04133,-6.14683 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shell gravel plain with abundant shell debris and pebbles. Many infaunal bivaves: no samples. Ascidiella aspersa very abundant.

Species list (62 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Plumularia setacea	Pomatoceros triqueter	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Ophiothrix fragilis	Ahnfeltia plicata	Pterothamnion plumula
Polymastia penicillus	Obelia geniculata	CRUSTACEA	Testudinalia testudinalis	Ophiocomina nigra	Lithophyllum sp.	Spermothamnion repens
Suberites carnosus	Synarachnactis lloydii	Balanus crenatus	Ensis siliqua	Ophiura albida	Cystoclonium purpureum	Delesseria sanguinea
CNIDARIA	Urticina felina	Pagurus bernhardus	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	Rhodophyllis divaricata	Brongniartella byssoides
Tubularia indivisa	Cylista elegans	Pisidia longicornis	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Clavelina lepadiformis	Halarachnion ligulatum	Polysiphonia sp.
Bougainvillia ramosa	Cereus pedunculatus	Hyas araneus	Bugulina flabellata	Ascidiella aspersa	Gracilaria gracilis	CHROMOPHYTA
Halecium halecinum	ANNELIDA	Macropodia rostrata	Parasmittina trispinosa	Dendrodoa grossularia	Plocamium cartilagineum	Dictyota dichotoma
Hydrallmania falcata	Chaetopterus variopedatus	Carcinus maenas	Cellepora pumicosa	PISCES	Chylocladia verticillata
Sertularia argentea	Arenicola marina	MOLLUSCA	ECHINODERMATA	Scyliorhinus canicula	Lomentaria clavellosa
Nemertesia antennina	Amphitrite sp.	Leptochiton asellus	Antedon bifida	Pholis gunnellus	Antithamnion cruciatum
Nemertesia ramosa	Lanice conchilega	Steromphala cineraria	Asterias rubens	RHODOPHYTA	Compsothamnion thuyoides

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