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The Ladle, North Coast.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850422/21 Date: 1985-04-22 GPS: 55.23100,-6.52900. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The transect was taken across a platform dominated by Mytilus and red algae. The lower shore Alaria/Laminaria platforms were dangerous to work on due to wave action, and may not have been adequately sampled. The platform held several large rock pools, and was exposed.

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Species list (118 species recorded)

PORIFERA Verruca stroemia Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta Bangia atropurpurea Furcellaria lumbricalis Hincksia hincksiae Spongomorpha aeruginosa
Halichondria panicea Chthamalus stellatus Melarhaphe neritoides Porphyra amethystea Chondrus crispus Spongonema tomentosum Monostroma grevillei
CNIDARIA Semibalanus balanoides Skeneopsis planorbis Porphyra insolita Mastocarpus stellatus Streblonema effusum Ulothrix speciosa
Dynamena pumila Hyale prevostii Onoba (Onoba) semicostata Porphyra linearis Lomentaria articulata Elachista fucicola Urospora penicilliformis
Sertularella polyzonias Hyale pontica Nucella lapillus Acrochaetium secundata Callithamnion sp. Litosiphon laminariae Ulvella applanata
Kirchenpaueria pinnata Tritaeta gibbosa Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata Audouinella sp. Callithamnion tetragonum Asperococcus compressus Blidingia minima
Actinia equina Jassa falcata Mytilus edulis Gelidium sp. Ceramium sp. Punctaria hiemalis Enteromorpha sp.
NEMERTEA Parajassa pelagica Musculus discors Gelidium pusillum Ceramium shuttleworthianum Petalonia fascia Enteromorpha compressa
NEMERTEA sp. Idotea granulosa Lasaea adansoni Palmaria palmata Plumaria plumosa Ralfsia sp. Enteromorpha intestinalis
ANNELIDA Idotea pelagica BRYOZOA Rhodothamniella floridula Cryptopleura ramosa Scytosiphon lomentaria Enteromorpha linza
Eulalia sp. Tanais dulongii Electra pilosa Hildenbrandia rubra Membranoptera alata Sphacelaria fusca Enteromorpha prolifera
Eulalia viridis MOLLUSCA Callopora lineata Corallina officinalis Osmundea hybrida Alaria esculenta Chaetomorpha linum
Nereis pelagica Tricolia (Tricolia) pullus Celleporella hyalina Leptophytum sp. Osmundea pinnatifida Laminaria digitata Cladophora rupestris
Platynereis dumerilii Testudinalia testudinalis Escharoides coccinea Lithothamnion glaciale Polysiphonia sp. Laminaria saccharina Cladophora sericea
Cirratulus cirratus Patella (Patella) ulyssiponensis ECHINODERMATA Melobesia membranacea Polysiphonia atlantica Halidrys siliquosa Bryopsis plumosa
Capitellidae sp. Patella (Patella) vulgata Amphipholis squamata Titanoderma corallinae Polysiphonia stricta Fucus serratus
Spirorbis spirorbis Patella pellucida RHODOPHYTA Titanoderma pustulatum CHROMOPHYTA Fucus vesiculosus
OLIGOCHAETA sp. Lacuna (Lacuna) pallidula Erythrocladia irregularis Cystoclonium purpureum Ectocarpus fasciculatus Himanthalia elongata
CRUSTACEA Littorina (Neritrema) mariae Porphyropsis coccinea Dumontia contorta Ectocarpus siliculosus CHLOROPHYTA

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