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Place name : Church Bay, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-10-16 GPS : 55.29360,-6.23497. Depth : -15.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Seabed of fine sand with stones, boulders and shell. Moderate current and burrowing anemones, occasional red band fish.

Serpent brittlestar Ophiura ophiura [00:00:40]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:00:47]; Tassel weed Carpomitra costata [00:00:55]; Scina's weed Scinaia furcellata [00:01:03]; Imperial anemone Capnea sanguinea [00:01:24]; Sea pen Virgularia mirabilis [00:01:29]; Anemone Hormathia coronata [00:01:38]; Burrowing anemone Arachnanthus sarsi [00:01:42]; Rare anemone Halcampoides sp. [00:02:45]; Clock face anemone Peachia cylindrica [00:02:54]; Prideaux's hermit crab Pagurus prideaux and cloak anemone Calliactis palliata [00:03:05]; Nudibranch Tritonia hombergii [00:03:18]; Inachus phalangium on scallop[00:03:31]; Free-living cup coral Caryophyllia smithii [00:03:39]; Hermit crab [00:03:49]; Long-spined sea scorpion Taurulus bubalis [00:03:57].

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