Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : SE of Doon Point, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-05-21 GPS : 55.26995,-6.17477. Depth : -25.0 to -29.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Boulders covered in hydroids, and some exposed bedrock, on mixed sediment.

Hermit crab with cloak anemone, Pagurus prideaux & Calliactis palliata, [00:01:02]; Long-clawed squat lobster, Munida rugosa, [00:01:14]; Seven-armed starfish, Luidia ciliaris, [00:01:39]; Hornwrack, Flustra foliacea, [00:01:58]; Devonshire cup corals, Caryophyllia smithii, [00:02:42]; Velvet swimming crab, Necora puber, [00:03:10]; Red cushion star, Porania pulvillus, [00:04:02]; King scallop, Pecten maximus, [00:04:24]; Long-clawed squat lobster, Munida rugosa [00:05:19]; Antenna hydroid & branched antenna hydroid, Nemetersia antennina & Nemertesia ramosa, [00:05:59]; Octocoral, Sarcodictyon catenatum, [00:06:05]; Angler, Lophius piscatorius, [00:06:29]; Hydroid, Diphasia alata, [00:07:12]; Hydroid, Kirchenpaueria pinnata, [00:07:55]; Hornwrack, Flustra foliacea, [00:08:51]; Devonshire cup corals, Caryophyllia smithii, [00:10:10]

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral mixed sediment.

Biotope 2 : High energy circalittoral rock.