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Place name : SW of West Maiden. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-05-04 GPS : 54.92897,-5.73957. Depth : -20.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Tideswept bedrock and boulders, with patches of clean, coarse sand and mixed cobbles/pebbles.

Oaten pipe hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, [00:00:33]; Nudibranch, Dendronotus europaeus spawn, [00:01:09]; Dead man's fingers Alcyonium digitatum, [00:01:36]; Antenna hydroid, Nemertesia antennina, [00:01:56]; Rare hydroid, Lytocarpia myriophyllum, [00:02:02]; Hedgehog sponge, Polymastia boletiformis, [00:02:10]; Common urchin, Echinus esculentus, [00:02:25]; Rare hydroid, Lytocarpia myriophyllum, [00:02:37]; Nudibranch, Coryphella verrucosa, [00:03:04]; Rare hydroid, Diphasia alata, [00:03:20] Rare sponge, Spongionella pulchella, [00:03:30]; Cup sponge, Axinella infundibuliformis, [00:03:43]; Branching sponge, Stelligera stuposa, [00:04:03]; Devonshire cup corals, Caryophyllia smithii, [00:04:17]; Landlady's wig, Desmarestia aculeata, [00:05:35]

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