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E Ballyferris Point, Ballywalter.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840731/06 Date: 1984-07-31 GPS: 54.58217,-5.45600. Depth: -24.0 to -25.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Solid bed of Modiolus modiolus forming ridges at right angles to current. Epifauna of high current hydroids (Abietinaria abietina).

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Species list (21 species recorded)

PORIFERA Diphasia sp. ANNELIDA Pisidia longicornis Crisia eburnea Ophiothrix fragilis
Iophonopsis nigricans Diphasia attenuata Pomatoceros triqueter MOLLUSCA Schizomavella linearis Echinus esculentus
Haliclona viscosa Sertularia argentea Filograna implexa Calliostoma zizyphinum ECHINODERMATA TUNICATA
CNIDARIA Kirchenpaueria pinnata CRUSTACEA Modiolus modiolus Crossaster papposus Botrylloides leachi
Abietinaria abietina Nemertesia antennina Balanus crenatus BRYOZOA Asterias rubens

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