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N Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840703/07 Date: 1984-07-03 GPS: 55.22500,-6.61717 [ View map ]

Site Description: Ledges and terraced bedrock in kelp. Ascidians dominant on rock.

Species list (47 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Cylista elegans	Alcyonidium hirsutum	Polyclinum aurantium	Didemnum sp.	Palmaria palmata	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Myxilla incrustans	Corynactis viridis	Membranipora membranacea	Synoicum sp.	Polycarpa gracilis	Kallymenia reniformis	Membranoptera alata
Myxilla rosacea	Caryophyllia smithii	Electra pilosa	Morchellium argus	Polycarpa scuba	Phyllophora pseudoceranoides	Phycodrys rubens
Halichondria panicea	MOLLUSCA	ECHINODERMATA	Sidnyum sp.	Dendrodoa grossularia	Plocamium cartilagineum	Odonthalia dentata
CNIDARIA	Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata	Antedon bifida	Sidnyum turbinatum	Botryllus schlosseri	Lomentaria orcadensis	Polysiphonia stricta
Plumularia setacea	Polycera faeroensis	Asterias rubens	Aplidium glabrum	Molgula citrina	Cryptopleura ramosa	CHROMOPHYTA
Obelia geniculata	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	Aplidium nordmanni	Molgula complanata	Delesseria sanguinea	Laminaria hyperborea
Urticina felina	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Clavelina lepadiformis	Aplidium punctum	RHODOPHYTA	Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii

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