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Arkill Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850626/03 Date: 1985-06-26 GPS: 55.27917,-6.16967 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulders with areas of sand and cobble, thick kelp, heavily silted.

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Species list (62 species recorded)

CNIDARIA Necora puber Electra pilosa Botryllus schlosseri Furcellaria lumbricalis Acrosorium venulosum Halopteris filicina
Diphasia rosacea MOLLUSCA ECHINODERMATA PISCES Halarachnion ligulatum Cryptopleura ramosa Dictyota dichotoma
Obelia geniculata Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura Asterias rubens Pollachius virens Metacallophyllis laciniata Delesseria sanguinea Desmarestia aculeata
Epizoanthus couchii Steromphala cineraria Marthasterias glacialis Pholis gunnellus Kallymenia reniformis Hypoglossum hypoglossoides Laminaria hyperborea
Stomphia coccinea Calliostoma zizyphinum Ophiura albida RHODOPHYTA Phyllophora crispa Phycodrys rubens Saccharina latissima
Caryophyllia smithii Patella pellucida Echinus esculentus Bonnemaisonia intricata Phyllophora pseudoceranoides Brongniartella byssoides Halidrys siliquosa
ANNELIDA Polinices pulchellus TUNICATA Lithophyllum sp. Plocamium cartilagineum Odonthalia dentata
Chaetopterus variopedatus Coryphella browni Aplidium punctum Calliblepharis ciliata Lomentaria clavellosa Polysiphonia elongata
Pomatoceros triqueter BRYOZOA Corella parallelogramma Rhodophyllis divaricata Lomentaria orcadensis Pterosiphonia parasitica
CRUSTACEA Alcyonidium diaphanum Ascidia mentula Rhodophyllis werneri Pterothamnion plumula Rhodomela confervoides
Hippolyte varians Membranipora membranacea Dendrodoa grossularia Dilsea carnosa Heterosiphonia plumosa CHROMOPHYTA

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