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Marchburn Port, NE Coast.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19841107/21 Date: 1984-11-07 GPS: 54.77600,-5.69400. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The site is a moderately exposed fucoid dominated boulder shore. The upper shore (just below the large rock which marks the head of the transect) is made up of a mixture of grass and boulders. The site was revisited on 10.4.87. The site is species poor, perhaps due to both the mobility of the boulder substrate, and the effect of sand scour on the lower shore.

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Species list (81 species recorded)

CNIDARIA CHELICERATA Carcinus maenas Alcyonidium mytili Mastocarpus stellatus Scytosiphon lomentaria Enteromorpha intestinalis
Coryne pusilla Anoplodactylus virescens MOLLUSCA Flustrellidra hispida Aglaothamnion byssoides Laminaria digitata Enteromorpha linza
Obelia dichotoma CRUSTACEA Testudinalia testudinalis Membranipora membranacea Ceramium sp. Ascophyllum nodosum Enteromorpha prolifera
Actinia equina Semibalanus balanoides Patella (Patella) ulyssiponensis Electra pilosa Ceramium gaditanum Fucus serratus Percursaria percursa
Anemonia viridis Apherusa jurinei Patella (Patella) vulgata Celleporella hyalina Cryptopleura ramosa Fucus spiralis Ulva fasciata
NEMERTEA Stenothoe monoculoides Lacuna (Lacuna) pallidula Cryptosula pallasiana Membranoptera alata Fucus vesiculosus Chaetomorpha linum
Cephalothrix rufifrons Hyale prevostii Littorina (Littorina) littorea ECHINODERMATA Osmundea pinnatifida Pelvetia canaliculata Cladophora rupestris
ENTOPROCTA Orchestia mediterranea Littorina (Neritrema) mariae Amphipholis squamata Polysiphonia lanosa CHLOROPHYTA Cladophora sericea
Pedicellina cernua Amphithoe rubricata Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta RHODOPHYTA CHROMOPHYTA Chlorochytrium cohnii Rhizoclonium riparium
ANNELIDA Caprella acanthifera Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata Hildenbrandia rubra Ectocarpus fasciculatus Ulothrix flacca
Lanice conchilega Jaera albifrons Rissoa interrupta Corallina officinalis Ectocarpus siliculosus Entocladia perforans
Polycirrus sp. Idotea granulosa Nucella lapillus Phymatolithon lenormandii Pylaiella littoralis Tellamia contorta
Pomatoceros triqueter Idotea pelagica BRYOZOA Titanoderma pustulatum Elachista fucicola Enteromorpha sp.
Spirorbis tridentatus Pagurus bernhardus Crisia denticulata Dumontia contorta Ralfsia verrucosa Enteromorpha compressa

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