Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

NE of Lighthouse Island, Copelands

Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240629/01 Date: 2024-06-29 GPS: 54.69738,-5.53236. Depth: -15.0 to -25.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Gravel, boulders and steeply sloping bedrock with erect bryozoans (Flustra foliacea), hydroids, Clavelina lepadiformis, and foliose red algae.

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Species list and abundance (71 species recorded):

PORIFERA Obelia geniculata C Pagurus bernhardus R Coryphella lineata R Bugulina flabellata O Ophiura albida R Lomentaria clavellosa R
Leucosolenia botryoides O Alcyonium digitatum F Necora puber R Amphorina andra R Crisularia plumosa O TUNICATA Heterosiphonia plumosa C
CNIDARIA Synarachnactis lloydii O MOLLUSCA Eubranchus tricolor R Bicellariella ciliata O Clavelina lepadiformis C Acrosorium venulosum C
Halecium halecinum F Epizoanthus couchii O Euspira catena O Pecten maximus F Cellaria fistulosa O Pycnoclavella stolonialis R Cryptopleura ramosa O
Sertularella gayi R Caryophyllia smithii O Lomanotus genei R Aequipecten opercularis R PHORONIDA Aplidium nordmanni O Delesseria sanguinea C
Antennella secundaria R PLATYHELMINTHES Doto fragilis R BRYOZOA Phoronis hippocrepia R Ascidia virginea R Hypoglossum hypoglossoides R
Halopteris catharina O Prostheceraeus vittatus R Doto hystrix R Crisia denticulata F ECHINODERMATA PISCES Nitophyllum punctatum R
Kirchenpaueria pinnata F NEMERTEA Doto pinnatifida F Crisia eburnea F Antedon bifida R Syngnathus acus R Phycodrys rubens O
Nemertesia antennina F Lineus longissimus R Okenia aspersa R Alcyonidium diaphanum O Crossaster papposus R Ctenolabrus rupestris O CHROMOPHYTA
Nemertesia ramosa F CRUSTACEA Polycera faeroensis O Membranipora membranacea R Henricia oculata R RHODOPHYTA Dictyota dichotoma O
Schizotricha frutescens O Balanus crenatus F Thecacera pennigera R Flustra foliacea C Asterias rubens R Kallymenia reniformis O Laminaria hyperborea C
Aglaophenia tubulifera R Pseudoprotella phasma R Antiopella cristata R Securiflustra securifrons O Marthasterias glacialis O Plocamium lyngbyanum O Saccharina latissima C

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