Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Church Bay, Rathlin

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Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240624/02 Date: 2024-06-24 GPS: 55.27483,-6.22451. Depth: -25.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Circalittoral tide-swept mixed sediment (coarse sand, gravel and cobbles) on flat seabed with erect bryozoans and hydroids; Flustra, Crisia, Crisularia, Nemertesia and Kirchenpaueria. Upper infralittoral, moderate tidal streams and exposed to the Atlantic Ocean.

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