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NW Portstewart Point.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840705/01 Date: 1984-07-05 GPS: 55.19517,-6.73467. Depth: -23.0 to -24.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Horizontal outcrops of bedrock and boulder in muddy sand. Rock pitted heavily silted. Hermit crabs abundant.

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Species list (87 species recorded)

PORIFERA Sertularia argentea Kefersteinia cirrata Inachus phalangium Securiflustra securifrons Ocnus lacteus Polycarpa fibrosa
Leucandra fistulosa Nemertesia antennina Nereis pelagica Eurynome aspera Bugulina flabellata Aslia lefevrei Polycarpa gracilis
Cliona celata Nemertesia ramosa Sabellaria spinulosa Cancer pagurus Crisularia plumosa TUNICATA Polycarpa pomaria
Polymastia boletiformis Rhizocaulus verticillatus Jasmineira elegans Necora puber Cellepora pumicosa Clavelina lepadiformis Polycarpa scuba
Polymastia penicillus Obelia dichotoma Filograna implexa MOLLUSCA ECHINODERMATA Polyclinum aurantium Dendrodoa grossularia
Suberites carnosus Alcyonium digitatum CRUSTACEA Steromphala cineraria Crossaster papposus Morchellium argus Botryllus schlosseri
Phorbas fictitius Urticina felina Balanus crenatus Calliostoma zizyphinum Henricia oculata Aplidium nordmanni Botrylloides leachi
Halichondria bowerbanki Cylista elegans Anapagurus hyndmanni Buccinum undatum Asterias rubens Didemnum sp. Molgula manhattensis
Dysidea fragilis Calliactis palliata Pagurus bernhardus Antiopella cristata Leptasterias muelleri Ciona intestinalis PISCES
CNIDARIA Caryophyllia smithii Pagurus cuanensis Eubranchus tricolor Ophiothrix fragilis Corella parallelogramma Pollachius virens
Halecium halecinum ANNELIDA Pagurus prideaux Hiatella arctica Ophiocomina nigra Ascidiella scabra Callionymus lyra
Abietinaria abietina Harmothoe impar Pagurus pubescens BRYOZOA Ophiopholis aculeata Ascidia mentula Pleuronectes platessa
Hydrallmania falcata Lepidonotus squamatus Munida rugosa Alcyonidium diaphanum Ophiura albida Ascidia virginea
Sertularella gayi Notophyllum foliosum Hyas coarctatus Flustra foliacea Echinus esculentus Styela coriacea
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