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Place name : Ruecallan Archway, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-06-26 GPS : 55.30753,-6.26778. Depth : -20.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Vertical limestone wall with archway on Rathlin's north wall. Upper circalittoral bedrock with Delesseria sanguinea, Alcyonium digitatum and Pachymatisma johnstonia.

Nudibranch Polycera kernowensis [00:00:26]; Nudibranch Edmundsella pedata [00:00:51]; Cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus [00:00:57]; Lobster Homarus gammarus [00:01:20]; Crystal sea slug Antiopella cristata [00:01:33]; Cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus [00:01:58]; Yellow cluster anemone Parazoanthus axinellae [00:02:13]; White cluster anemone Parazoanthus anguicomus [00:02:39]; Poached egg cowrie Simnia patula [00:03:23]; Baked bean ascidian Dendrodoa sp. [00:03:33]; Antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina [00:03:52]; Sponges Haliclona urceolus and Haliclona viscosa [00:04:03]; Soft coral Alcyonium digitatum [00:04:25]; Cup corals Caryophyllia smithii [00:04:49]; Soft coral Alcyonium hibernicum [00:04:59]; Sea squirt Aplidium punctum [00:05:09]; Common guillemot [00:05:18]; Puffin [00:05:33].

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