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400m S SW of Little Skerrie, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 553 Event number: 19790619/01 Date: 1979-06-19 GPS: 55.21783,-6.64583. Depth: -21.0 to -22.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sandy plain with boulders covered in Ophiothrix fragilis. Many Urticina attached to sub-surface cobbles.

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Species list and abundance (19 species recorded):

Biotope 1 Hymeniacidon perleve P Alcyonium digitatum P Polybius depurator P Venus casina P ECHINODERMATA Aslia lefevrei P
PORIFERA CNIDARIA Urticina felina P MOLLUSCA BRYOZOA Crossaster papposus P PISCES
Polymastia penicillus P Sertularia cupressina P CRUSTACEA Calliostoma zizyphinum P Alcyonidium diaphanum P Leptasterias muelleri P Scyliorhinus canicula P
Cliona celata P Nemertesia antennina P Pagurus bernhardus P Buccinum undatum P Eucratea loricata P Ophiothrix fragilis P

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