MBDP-NI: SW of West Maiden

Place name : SW of West Maiden. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-05-04 GPS : 54.92837,-5.72590. Depth : -20.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Tideswept bedrock and boulders, covered in dense Tubularia indivisa in places.

White cluster anemone, Parazoanthus anguicomus, [00:00:23]; Dead man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, [00:00:59]; Oaten pipe hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, [00:01:46]; Branching sponge, Stelligera stuposa, [00:01:58]; Orange sponge, Phorbas fictitus, [00:03:20]; Volcano sponge, Haliclona viscosa, [00:03:33]; Antenna hydroid, Nemertesia antennina, [00:03:57]; Cup sponge, Axinella infundibuliformi, [00:04:16]; Forest kelp, Laminaria hyperborea, [00:04:53]; Hedgehog sponge, Polymastia boletiformis, [00:05:22]

Species list (37 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Tubularia indivisa on tide-swept circalittoral rock.

PORIFERA
Sycon sp. R
Dysidea fragilis R
Axinella infundibuliformis F
Eurypon sp. P
Raspailia hispida R
Stelligera stuposa F
Polymastia boletiformis R
Iophon hyndmani O
Hemimycale columella O
Hymedesmia sp. P
Hymedesmia paupertas O
Hymedesmia rathlinia P
Phorbas fictitius F
Myxilla fimbriata R
Haliclona urceolus O
Haliclona viscosa O
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa S
Ectopleura larynx F
Halecium halecinum O
Nemertesia antennina C
Alcyonium digitatum A
Parazoanthus anguicomus C
Actinothoe sphyrodeta O
Caryophyllia smithii A
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens R
Marthasterias glacialis R
Echinus esculentus R
TUNICATA
Aplidium pallidum F
Didemnidae sp. P
Ascidia mentula R
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris R
Pholis gunnellus R
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium sp. O
Delesseria sanguinea R
Phycodrys rubens O
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea O

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