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Larry Bane Bay, North Coast.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19840927/21 Date: 1984-09-27 GPS: 55.23883,-6.34200. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Physically the shore may be divided into three - an upper shore made up of medium and small limestone boulders - large flat limestone blocks on the lower shore (pock-marked by small depressions on their surface) - between the blocks on a lower level is an area dominated by small limestone boulders, pebbles, and gravel. There is one wide, shallow rock pool in the transect area, at the base of the upper shore. The small depressions on top of the limestone blocks are often filled with water; on the extreme lower shore, the depressions are rock-pool sized. Other important sub habitats are crevices between the limestone blocks and overhangs under the limestone blocks.

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Species list (111 species recorded)

PORIFERA Spirorbis spirorbis Littorina (Neritrema) mariae PISCES Erythrodermis traillii Elachista fucicola Monostroma oxyspermum
Leuconia nivea Spirorbis tridentatus Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta Lipophrys pholis Mastocarpus stellatus Asperococcus compressus Ulothrix flacca
Halichondria panicea CRUSTACEA Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata RHODOPHYTA Plocamium cartilagineum Petalonia fascia Ulothrix speciosa
CNIDARIA Semibalanus balanoides Melarhaphe neritoides Erythrocladia irregularis Lomentaria articulata Ralfsia verrucosa Urospora penicilliformis
Tubularia indivisa Apherusa cirrus Skeneopsis planorbis Bangia atropurpurea Rhodymenia pseudopalmata Scytosiphon lomentaria Blidingia minima
Coryne muscoides Apherusa jurinei Nucella lapillus Porphyra insolita Callithamnion corymbosum Cladostephus spongiosus Enteromorpha sp.
Dynamena pumila Hyale prevostii Mytilus edulis Acrochaetium secundata Callithamnion tetragonum Sphacelaria fusca Enteromorpha intestinalis
Laomedea flexuosa Jassa falcata Anomia ephippium Audouinella sp. Callithamnion tetricum Alaria esculenta Enteromorpha linza
NEMERTEA Dynamene bidentata Turtonia minuta Palmaria palmata Ceramium shuttleworthianum Laminaria digitata Enteromorpha prolifera
NEMERTEA sp. Idotea granulosa BRYOZOA Rhodothamniella floridula Halurus flosculosus Laminaria hyperborea Ulva fasciata
ENTOPROCTA Idotea pelagica Alcyonidium hirsutum Ahnfeltia plicata Plumaria plumosa Laminaria saccharina Chaetomorpha linum
Pedicellina cernua Tanais dulongii Membranipora membranacea Corallina officinalis Delesseria sanguinea Fucus serratus Chaetomorpha melagonium
ANNELIDA MOLLUSCA Electra pilosa Leptophytum sp. Membranoptera alata Fucus spiralis Cladophora albida
Nereis pelagica Testudinalia testudinalis Callopora lineata Lithothamnion glaciale Odonthalia dentata Fucus vesiculosus Cladophora rupestris
Capitellidae sp. Patella (Patella) vulgata Bicellariella ciliata Phymatolithon lenormandii Osmundea pinnatifida Himanthalia elongata Rhizoclonium riparium
Arenicola marina Patella pellucida Celleporella hyalina Titanoderma pustulatum CHROMOPHYTA CHLOROPHYTA
Amphiglena mediterranea Lacuna (Lacuna) pallidula Umbonula littoralis Catenella caespitosa Ectocarpus siliculosus Chlorochytrium cohnii
Fabricia sabella Lacuna (Epheria) vincta Cryptosula pallasiana Chondrus crispus Spongonema tomentosum Monostroma grevillei

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