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Church Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850625/07 Date: 1985-06-25 GPS: 55.28967,-6.21933 [ View map ]

Site Description: Firm well worked sand with diatom layer. Corymorpha nutans abundant being eaten by Cumanotus beaumonti.

Species list (17 species recorded)

CNIDARIA	Pagurus bernhardus	Cumanotus beaumonti	Acrocnida brachiata	Pleuronectes platessa	Pterothamnion plumula
Corymorpha nutans	Corystes cassivelaunus	Arctica islandica	Echinocardium cordatum	RHODOPHYTA	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Synarachnactis lloydii	MOLLUSCA	Sepiola (Heterosepiola) atlantica	Oestergrenia digitata	Gracilaria gracilis	CHROMOPHYTA
CRUSTACEA	Coryphella browni	ECHINODERMATA	PISCES	Ceramium sp.	Laminaria saccharina