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Portdoo, NE Coast.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19860425/22 Date: 1986-04-25 GPS: 55.21683,-6.12600. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: A boulder shore with large boulders fairly widely spread with small boulders and stones between them. The exposure is moderate, although the shelter provided by the boulders cause a more sheltered sub habitat between them. Along the shore are some small boulders which provide a small sheltered sub habitat. The backing is cliff (moderate) and steeply sloping grass. The boulders are a mixture of basalt and red sandstone.

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Species list (106 species recorded)

PORIFERA Pomatoceros triqueter Patella (Patella) vulgata Trididemnum tenerum Phymatolithon lenormandii Ectocarpus siliculosus CHLOROPHYTA
Grantia compressa Spirorbis spirorbis Patella pellucida Botrylloides leachi Titanoderma corallinae Feldmannia sp. Ulothrix flacca
Leuconia nivea Spirorbis tridentatus Lacuna (Epheria) vincta PISCES Titanoderma pustulatum Pylaiella littoralis Ulothrix speciosa
Ophlitaspongia papilla CRUSTACEA Littorina (Neritrema) mariae Pholis gunnellus Catenella caespitosa Spongonema tomentosum Urospora penicilliformis
Halichondria panicea Chthamalus montagui Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta RHODOPHYTA Mastocarpus stellatus Elachista fucicola Chlorofilum ephemerum
CNIDARIA Semibalanus balanoides Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata Erythrocladia irregularis Phyllophora pseudoceranoides Myrionema sp. Tellamia sp.
Tubularia indivisa AMPHIPODA sp. Skeneopsis planorbis Bangia atropurpurea Lomentaria articulata Ralfsia sp. Ulvella applanata
Clava cornea Apherusa jurinei Cingula (Cingula) cingillus Porphyra insolita Plumaria plumosa Alaria esculenta Enteromorpha sp.
Dynamena pumila Hyale prevostii Nucella lapillus Acrochaetium microscopicum Cryptopleura ramosa Laminaria digitata Enteromorpha intestinalis
Obelia geniculata Amphithoe rubricata Mytilus edulis Acrochaetium secundata Membranoptera alata Laminaria hyperborea Enteromorpha linza
Actinia equina Idotea granulosa BRYOZOA Rhodochorton purpureum Phycodrys rubens Laminaria saccharina Ulva fasciata
Urticina felina Idotea pelagica Alcyonidium hirsutum Palmaria palmata Odonthalia dentata Ascophyllum nodosum Chaetomorpha linum
ANNELIDA Ligia oceanica Membranipora membranacea Hildenbrandia rubra Osmundea pinnatifida Fucus serratus Cladophora rupestris
Pelagobia longicirrata Cancer pagurus Callopora lineata Corallina officinalis Polysiphonia sp. Fucus spiralis Cladophora sericea
Nereis pelagica MOLLUSCA Celleporella hyalina Lithophyllum incrustans Polysiphonia lanosa Fucus vesiculosus Rhizoclonium riparium
Capitellidae sp. Tectura virginea Umbonula littoralis Lithothamnion glaciale Polysiphonia stricta Pelvetia canaliculata
Polycirrus sp. Patella (Patella) ulyssiponensis TUNICATA Melobesia membranacea CHROMOPHYTA Himanthalia elongata

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