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Portawillin, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19860919/21 Date: 1986-09-19 GPS: 55.29500,-6.17100. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The transect site is composed of a patellobarnacle dominated exposed steep rock igneous headland. The supralittoral of cracked and fissured rock supports a good lichen diversity.

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Species list (69 species recorded)

PORIFERA	OLIGOCHAETA sp.	Carcinus maenas	Callopora lineata	Leptophytum sp.	Spongonema tomentosum	Enteromorpha sp.
Sycon ciliatum	CRUSTACEA	MOLLUSCA	Celleporella hyalina	Lithophyllum incrustans	Ralfsia sp.	Enteromorpha intestinalis
Halichondria panicea	Chthamalus stellatus	Patella (Patella) vulgata	Umbonula littoralis	Lithophyllum orbiculatum	Ralfsia verrucosa	Enteromorpha linza
CNIDARIA	Elminius modestus	Patella pellucida	RHODOPHYTA	Lithothamnion glaciale	Stragularia clavata	Enteromorpha prolifera
Actinia equina	Semibalanus balanoides	Lacuna (Epheria) vincta	Porphyropsis coccinea	Melobesia membranacea	Alaria esculenta	Ulva fasciata
NEMERTEA	Hyale prevostii	Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta	Porphyra insolita	Phymatolithon lenormandii	Laminaria digitata	Cladophora rupestris
NEMERTEA sp.	Parajassa pelagica	Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata	Acrochaetium microscopicum	Mastocarpus stellatus	Himanthalia elongata	Cladophora sericea
ANNELIDA	Jaera sp.	Melarhaphe neritoides	Nemalion helminthoides	Ceramium shuttleworthianum	CHLOROPHYTA
Syllidae sp.	Idotea granulosa	Skeneopsis planorbis	Pterocladiella capillacea	Osmundea pinnatifida	Ulothrix flacca
Platynereis dumerilii	Idotea pelagica	Nucella lapillus	Palmaria palmata	CHROMOPHYTA	Ulothrix speciosa
Fabricia sabella	ONISCOIDEA sp.	Mytilus edulis	Hildenbrandia rubra	Ectocarpus fasciculatus	Urospora penicilliformis
Spirorbis spirorbis	Ligia oceanica	BRYOZOA	Corallina officinalis	Hincksia sp.	Blidingia minima

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