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Place name : West Light Gullies, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-10-15 GPS : 55.30563,-6.27427. Depth : -15.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Circalittoral indented bedrock cliff exposed to strong tidal streams.

Encrusted sponge Stryphnus ponderosus [00:00:27]; Yellow crater sponge Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) jenjonesae [00:00:54]; Hydroid Sertularella gayi [00:01:11]; Staghorn bryozoan Porella compressa [00:01:38]; Long-spined sea scorpion Taurulus bubalis [00:02:05]; Staghorn sponge Axinella dissimilis [00:03:09]; Elephant hide sponge Pachymatisma johnstonia [00:02:57]; Fan sponge Spongionella pulchella [00:03:26].

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