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N of Deserted Collieries, Fair Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840619/07 Date: 1984-06-19 GPS: 55.22433,-6.17500. Depth: -26.0 to -27.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble & pebble slope with ridges of boulders. Ophiothrix dominated.

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Species list (47 species recorded)

PORIFERA Tubularia indivisa Nemertesia ramosa Galathea nexa Coryphella lineata ECHINODERMATA Synoicum pulmonaria
Hymedesmia paupertas Abietinaria abietina Aglaophenia tubulifera Cancer pagurus Catriona gymnota Porania pulvillus Aplidium punctum
Hemimycale columella Hydrallmania falcata Rhizocaulus verticillatus MOLLUSCA Eubranchus tricolor Leptasterias muelleri Corella parallelogramma
Myxilla rosacea Sertularella gayi Alcyonium digitatum Calliostoma zizyphinum Eledone cirrhosa Ophiothrix fragilis Polycarpa scuba
Amphilectus fucorum Sertularia argentea Cylista elegans Testudinalia testudinalis BRYOZOA Ophiocomina nigra RHODOPHYTA
Mycale rotalis Halopteris catharina ANNELIDA Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata Crisia eburnea Echinus esculentus Phyllophora crispa
Haliclona sp. Kirchenpaueria pinnata Chaetopterus variopedatus Doto dunnei Bicellariella ciliata TUNICATA Cryptopleura ramosa
CNIDARIA Nemertesia antennina CRUSTACEA Doto fragilis Parasmittina trispinosa Polyclinum aurantium Delesseria sanguinea

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