Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

E of Fair Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840619/02 Date: 1984-06-19 GPS: 55.22450,-6.12933. Depth: -25.0 to -26.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble-pebble bottom with small sparse Laminaria hyperborea and abundant ascidians Archidistoma frequent. Interesting site, high diversity.

Species list (57 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Myxilla incrustans	Caryophyllia smithii	Edmundsella pedata	Ophiothrix fragilis	Diplosoma listerianum	Lithophyllum sp.
Pachymatisma johnstonia	Axinella infundibuliformis	ANNELIDA	BRYOZOA	Ophiocomina nigra	Corella parallelogramma	Dilsea carnosa
Stelligera stuposa	Dysidea fragilis	Acanthicolepis asperrima	Crisia eburnea	Psammechinus miliaris	Ascidiella scabra	Phyllophora crispa
Raspailia ramosa	Haliclona sp.	Pomatoceros triqueter	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Echinus esculentus	Ascidia conchilega	Cryptopleura ramosa
Polymastia boletiformis	CNIDARIA	CRUSTACEA	Bicellariella ciliata	TUNICATA	Ascidia mentula	Delesseria sanguinea
Tethya citrina	Tubularia indivisa	Anapagurus hyndmanni	Parasmittina trispinosa	Polyclinum aurantium	Ascidia virginea	CHROMOPHYTA
Iophonopsis nigricans	Garveia nutans	Cancer pagurus	Omalosecosa ramulosa	Sidnyum turbinatum	Polycarpa pomaria	Laminaria hyperborea
Hymedesmia paupertas	Halecium halecinum	MOLLUSCA	ECHINODERMATA	Aplidium nordmanni	Polycarpa scuba
Hemimycale columella	Nemertesia antennina	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Henricia oculata	Aplidium punctum	Botryllus schlosseri
Myxilla fimbriata	Aglaophenia tubulifera	Limacia clavigera	Leptasterias muelleri	Didemnum sp.	RHODOPHYTA

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