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Place name : North of Audley's Point, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2024-09-07 GPS : 54.38644,-5.57984. Depth : -15.0 to -20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Mixed seabed of boulders, cobbles, stones and gravel in strong tidal streams.

Seabed of cobbles and coarse shelly gravel in strong tidal streams. Barnacles Balanus crenatus abundant on cobbles. Kelp and foliose red algae [00:00:35]; Boring sponge Cliona celata [00:00:51]; Velvet swimming crab Necora puber [00:01:01]; Curled octopus Eledone cirhosa [00:01:31]; senescent Antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina [0:02:49]; compound sea squirt Diplosoma spongiforme [00:03:02]; Poor cod Trisopterus minutus [00:03:13]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:03:31]; Hornwrack Flustra foliacea [00:04:11]; large clump of Hydroid Abietinaria abietina [00:04:38].

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