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Place name : East of East Maiden. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-05-05 GPS : 54.92838,-5.72590. Depth : -10.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Vertical bedrock wall with sponges and anemones, transitioning to kelp forest at shallower depths.

Dead man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, [00:00:20]; Rare hydroid, Diphasia alata, [00:00:45]; Oaten pipes hydroid, Tubulatia indivisa, [00:00:57]; Hedgehog sponge, Polymastia boletiformis, [00:01:15]; Yellow sponge, Iophon nigricans, [00:01:24]; Volcano sponge, Haliclona viscosa, [00:01:31]; Staghorn sponge, Axinella dissimilis [00:01:42]; Cup-shaped sponge, Axinella infundibuliformis, [00:01:56]; Chocolate fingers sponge, Raspailia ramosa, [00:02:18]; White cluster anemone, Parazoanthus anguicomus, [00:02:30]; Sandalled anemone, Actinothoe sphyrodeta, [00:02:39]; Common sea urchin, Echinus esculentus, [00:02:58]; Branched sponge, Stelligera stuposa, [00:04:11]; Devonshire cup corals, Caryophyllia smithii, [00:04:20]; Papillate sponge, Sphaerotylus renoufi, [00:05:12]; Forest kelp, Laminaria hyperborea, [00:06:05]; Kelp hydroid, Obelia geniculata, [00:06:16]; Orange sponge, Microciona sp., [00:07:48]; Nudibranch, Dendronotus europaeus, [00:09:47]; Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, [00:11:07]; Yellow slimy sponge, Myxilla incrustans, [00:11:36]; Staghorn sponge, Axinella dissimilis, [00:11:49]; Nudibranch, Fjordia browni, [00:12:16]; Nudibranch, Coryphella verrucosa [00:12:53]

Biotope 1 : Sponges and anemones on vertical circalittoral bedrock

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis R
Axinella dissimilis R
Axinella infundibuliformis C
Raspailia hispida O
Raspailia ramosa R
Stelligera stuposa O
Polymastia boletiformis F
Sphaerotylus renoufi R
Iophon hyndmani O
Iophonopsis nigricans O
Hemimycale columella R
Hymedesmia sp. P
Hymedesmia paupertas O
Phorbas fictitius R
Microcionidae sp. P
Myxilla fimbriata O
Haliclona urceolus O
Haliclona viscosa O
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa S
Ectopleura larynx C
Halecium sp. P
Halecium halecinum P
Diphasia sp. P
Diphasia alata O
Nemertesia antennina C
Nemertesia ramosa R
Polyplumaria flabellata O
Sarcodictyon catenatum R
Alcyonium digitatum C
Epizoanthus couchii R
Parazoanthus anguicomus O
Actinothoe sphyrodeta F
Corynactis viridis F
Caryophyllia smithii A
MOLLUSCA
Dendronotus europaeus R
Fjordia browni R
Coryphella verrucosa R
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata C
Crisia eburnea C
Cellaria sp. P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens R
Echinus esculentus R
TUNICATA
Aplidium sp. P
Ascidia virginea R

Biotope 2 : Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept, infralittoral rock

PORIFERA
Aplysilla sulfurea R
Dysidea fragilis R
Polymastia boletiformis O
Myxilla incrustans R
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa A
Ectopleura larynx F
Obelia geniculata C
Alcyonium digitatum C
Metridium senile R
Actinothoe sphyrodeta F
Corynactis viridis O
Caryophyllia smithii F
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens R
RHODOPHYTA
Kallymenia reniformis R
Delesseria sanguinea O
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea C

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