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

Date : 2024-07-25 GPS : 54.40742,-5.62437. Depth : -8.0 to -20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Muddy seabed with shells and stones supporting ascidians, hydroids and bryozoans. Moderate tidal stream and very wave sheltered.

Spider crab Macropodia rostrata [00:00:33]; Hydroid Halecium plumosum [00:00:51]; Antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina [00:01:07]; White nudibranch Cadlina laevis [00:01:22]; Bryozoan Bugulina flabellata [00:01:32]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:02:00]; Sugar kelp Saccharina latissima [00:02:26]; Velvet swimming crab Necora puber [00:02:41]; Nudibranch spawn Doto fragilis [00:02:55]; Common starfish Asterias rubens with Spider crab Inachus dorsettensis [00:03:29]; Branched antenna hydroid Nemertesia ramosa [00:03:38]; Burrowing anemone Synarachnactis lloydii [00:03:53]; Hairy nudibranch Acanthodoris pilosa [00:04:17]; Hydroid Plumularia setacea [00:04:28]; Sea squirt Diplosoma cf. listerianum [00:04:38]; Harbour crab Polybius depurator [00:04:50]; Japanese sea squirt Perophora japonica [00:05:09]; Candy stripe flatworm Prostheceraeus vittatus [00:06:12].

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