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Drumnakill Point, Murlough Bay.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840621/02 Date: 1984-06-21 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.

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Species list (70 species recorded):

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Dysidea fragilis P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
Raspailia ramosa P
Stelligera montagui P
Stelligera stuposa P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Hemimycale columella P
Hymedesmia paupertas P
Ophlitaspongia papilla P
Mycale rotalis P
Myxilla incrustans P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Haliclona sp. P
Haliclona urceolus P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Halecium halecinum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Sertularella gayi P
Halopteris catharina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Plumularia setacea P
Aglaophenia tubulifera P
Epizoanthus couchii P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Boreochiton ruber P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Coryphella lineata P
Edmundsella pedata P
Venus casina P
Eledone cirrhosa P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Vesicularia spinosa P
Flustra foliacea P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Bugulina flabellata P
Cellaria fistulosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Amphipholis squamata P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Archidistoma aggregatum P
Polyclinum aurantium P
Synoicum pulmonaria P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Aplidium punctum P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Corella parallelogramma P
Polycarpa scuba P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Microstomus kitt P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Phyllophora crispa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea P

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