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Place name : Ballywhite Bank, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2024-07-22 GPS : 54.39743,-5.58347. Depth : -15.0 to -20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Habitat looks disturbed (boulders overturned, damage to erect sponges); lots of encrusting ascidian Diplosoma sp. (potential non-native) abundant and overgrowing other marine life.

Red algae, Ascidiella aspersa and Diplosoma sp.[00:00:59]; Common starfish Asterias rubens [00:01:26]; Sea squirt Diplosoma sp.[00:02:20]; Hydroid Halecium plumosum [00:02:41]; Long-clawed squat lobster Munida rugosa [00:03:09]; Spiny starfish Marthasterias glacialis [00:03:20]; Swimming crabs Polybius depurator [00:03:51]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:05:15]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:05:29]; Velvet swimming crab Necora puber [00:05:44]; Finger bryozoan Alcyonidium diaphanum with spawn of Acanthodoris pilosa [00:05:59]; Lightbulb sea squirt Clavelina lepadiformis [00:06:09]; Bloody Henry starfish Henricia oculata [00:06:17].

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