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Fair Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850815/03 Date: 1985-08-15 GPS: 55.22433,-6.17500 [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble & pebble slope with ridges of boulders. Ophiothrix dominated.

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Species list (88 species recorded)

PORIFERA Haliclona viscosa Actinothoe sphyrodeta Coryphella verrucosa Leptasterias muelleri Scyliorhinus canicula Compsothamnion thuyoides
Leucosolenia sp. Dysidea fragilis Caryophyllia smithii Capellinia fustifera Marthasterias glacialis RHODOPHYTA Acrosorium venulosum
Sycon ciliatum CNIDARIA ANNELIDA Venus casina Ophiothrix fragilis Bonnemaisonia asparagoides Cryptopleura ramosa
Pachymatisma johnstonia Tubularia indivisa Chaetopterus variopedatus BRYOZOA Ophiocomina nigra Bonnemaisonia intricata Delesseria sanguinea
Raspailia hispida Halecium halecinum CRUSTACEA Crisia denticulata Ophiopholis aculeata Lithophyllum sp. Erythroglossum laciniatum
Iophon hyndmani Halecium muricatum Cancer pagurus Crisia eburnea Echinus esculentus Lithothamnion glaciale Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Iophonopsis nigricans Abietinaria abietina Necora puber Alcyonidium diaphanum TUNICATA Rhodophyllis divaricata Phycodrys rubens
Hymedesmia paupertas Abietinaria filicula MOLLUSCA Securiflustra securifrons Didemnum sp. Halarachnion ligulatum CHROMOPHYTA
Hemimycale columella Sertularia argentea Steromphala cineraria Bicellariella ciliata Corella parallelogramma Metacallophyllis laciniata Laminaria hyperborea
Phorbas fictitius Kirchenpaueria pinnata Calliostoma zizyphinum Parasmittina trispinosa Ascidia conchilega Kallymenia reniformis
Myxilla fimbriata Kirchenpaueria similis Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata ECHINODERMATA Ascidia mentula Schottera nicaeensis
Myxilla incrustans Nemertesia antennina Doto fragilis Porania pulvillus Polycarpa pomaria Plocamium cartilagineum
Amphilectus fucorum Nemertesia ramosa Diaphorodoris luteocincta Crossaster papposus Botryllus schlosseri Lomentaria orcadensis
Mycale rotalis Plumularia setacea Cadlina laevis Henricia oculata Botrylloides leachi Rhodymenia ardissonei
Axinella infundibuliformis Aglaophenia tubulifera Antiopella cristata Asterias rubens PISCES Rhodymenia pseudopalmata

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