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Little Hole S of Blue Pool, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 553 Event number: 19790612/01 Date: 1979-06-12 GPS: 55.20767,-6.65000. Depth: -4.0 to -5.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Hole with gully entrance. Vertical sides dropping 3m or more with overhangs. Within 2m of bottom only hydroids probably due to sand-scour.

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Species list (54 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Alcyonium digitatum	Amphitrite sp.	Hyas coarctatus	Ancula gibbosa	Membranipora membranacea	Polyclinum aurantium
Leucosolenia sp.	Actinia equina	CRUSTACEA	Cancer pagurus	Onchidoris bilamellata	Electra pilosa	Morchellium argus
Grantia compressa	Urticina felina	Jassa falcata	Necora puber	Doris pseudoargus	ECHINODERMATA	Aplidium nordmanni
Myxilla incrustans	Metridium senile	Parajassa pelagica	MOLLUSCA	Jorunna tomentosa	Antedon bifida	Ascidiella scabra
Halichondria panicea	Cylista elegans	Janiropsis breviremis	Steromphala cineraria	Coryphella lineata	Pawsonia saxicola	Polycarpa pomaria
CNIDARIA	Actinothoe sphyrodeta	Munna kroyeri	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Facelina auriculata	Ocnus lacteus	Dendrodoa grossularia
Abietinaria filicula	Phellia gausapata	Idotea granulosa	Trivia arctica	Mytilus edulis	Aslia lefevrei	Botryllus schlosseri
Diphasia rosacea	Corynactis viridis	Homarus gammarus	Trivia (Trivia) monacha	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	PISCES
Plumularia setacea	ANNELIDA	Pagurus bernhardus	Dendronotus frondosus	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Clavelina lepadiformis	Zeugopterus punctatus

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