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Place name : S.S. Lochgarry, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-05-20 GPS : 55.26585,-6.17508. Depth : -25.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Seabed adjacent to the wreck of S.S. Lochgarry, composed of very tide-swept boulders covered with diverse deep water hydroids and sponges, on muddy sand.

Blue sponge, Hymedesmia paupertas, [00:00:46] Antenna hydroid, Nemertesia antennina, [00:00:52]; Hydroid, Diphasia alata, [00:01:10]; Red cushion star, Porania pulvillus, [00:01:45]; Goldsinny wrasse. Ctenolabrus rupestris, [00:01:56]; Yellow sponge, Iophon nigricans, [00:02:10]; Hydroid, Diphasia margareta, [00:02:30]; Hydroid, Diphasia alata, [00:02:52]; Bryozoans, Porella compressa & Omalesecosa ramulosa, [00:03:13] Rare sponge, Clathria (clathria) barleei [00:04:44]; Bryozoan and cup-shaped sponge, Porella compressa & Axinella infundibuliformis, [00:05:29]; Bloody Henry starfish, Henricia oculata, [00:06:12]; Sandy creeplet anemones, Epizoanthus couchii, [00:06:20]; Hornwrack, Flustra foliacea, [00:06:44]; Cup-shaped sponges, Axinella infundibuliformis, [00:07:27]; Elephant hide sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, [00:07:51]; Yellow staghorn sponge, Axinella dissimils, [00:08:26]; Rose coral bryozoan, Pentapora foliacea, [00:08:30]; Rare hydroids, Diphasia alata & Polyplumaria flabellata, [00:08:42]

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