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Ballygalley Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850524/01 Date: 1985-05-24 GPS: 54.90817,-5.84100 [ View map ]

Site Description: Scattered maerl then boulder/cobble then shelly gravel. Glycymeris very abundant; particulary dead shells

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Species list (45 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Hydrallmania falcata	CRUSTACEA	Steromphala cineraria	Electra pilosa	Leptasterias muelleri	Dendrodoa grossularia
Suberites ficus	Sertularella gayi	Balanus crenatus	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Flustra foliacea	Ophiothrix fragilis	RHODOPHYTA
Amphilectus fucorum	Sertularia argentea	Hyas coarctatus	Testudinalia testudinalis	Securiflustra securifrons	Echinus esculentus	Phymatolithon calcareum
Halichondria bowerbanki	Nemertesia antennina	Inachus leptochirus	Polinices pulchellus	Cellaria sinuosa	Neopentadactyla mixta	Metacallophyllis laciniata
CNIDARIA	Rhizocaulus verticillatus	Cancer pagurus	Glycymeris glycymeris	Parasmittina trispinosa	TUNICATA	Stenogramme interrupta
Halecium halecinum	ANNELIDA	MOLLUSCA	BRYOZOA	ECHINODERMATA	Corella parallelogramma	CHROMOPHYTA
Abietinaria abietina	Sabella pavonina	Tonicella marmorea	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Crossaster papposus	Ascidiella scabra	Laminaria saccharina
Amphisbetia operculata	Pomatoceros triqueter	Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida	Vesicularia spinosa	Asterias rubens	Polycarpa pomaria