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Place name : NW of Long Rock, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-08 GPS : 54.40933,-5.62700. Depth : 14.4 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Muddy sand - Amphiura filiformis community, with large bivalve molluscs.

Brittlestar arms Amphiura spp. [00:00:51]; Blunt gaper Mya truncata [00:03:07]; Brittlestar creeping on seabed Ophiura albida [00:05:18]; Burrowing sea anemone Synarachnactis lloydii [00:06:43]; Nudibranch Facelina bostoniensis [00:08:17]; Horseman anemone Urticina eques with spider crab Inachus sp. [00:10:36]; Sea anemone Sagartia lacerata [00:12:38]; Ocean Quahog Artica islandica [00:14:02]; Burrowing sea anemone Halcampa chrysanthellum [00:18:59]; Blunt gaper Mya truncata dug out of sediment [00:21:12]; Orange sponge Mycale subclavata [00:22:28]; Common hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus [00:24:04].

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