Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : The Gully, Farganlack Point, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-05-23 GPS : 55.31093,-6.25625. Depth : -15.0 to -15.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Gully with diverse anemones and sponges; kelp forest at top.

Blue jellyfish, Cyanea lamarckii [00:00:39]; Sea lemon, Doris pseudoargus, [00:01:28]; Elegant anemones, Cylista elegans, and jewel anemones Corynactis viridis, [00:02:10]; Club-shaped sea squirt, Aplidium punctum, [00:02:18]; Elegant anemones, Cylista elegans [00:02:22]; Soft coral, Alcyonium digitatum, [00:02:32]; Anemone, Phellia gausapata, [00:03:14]; Bloody Henry starfish, Henricia oculata [00:03:46]; Mermaid's ear, Meredithia microphylla, [00:04:15]; Small cushion star, Asterina phylactica, [00:04:41]; Oaten pipe hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, [00:04:47]; Nudibranch, Coryphella browni, [00:04:58]; Nudibranch spawn, Coryphella sp., [00:06:22]; Nudibranchs, Coryphella browni & Coryphella chriskaugei, [00:07:18]; Oaten pipe hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, [00:08:48]; Dabberlocks, Alaria esculenta [00:10:08]; Sea beech, Delesseria sanguinea [00:10:37]; Elephant ear sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, [00:11:07]; Baked bean ascidian, Dendrodoa grossularia, [00:11:57]; White lace sponge, Clathrina coriacea, [00:12:26]; Sea squirt, Aplidium nordmanni, [00:12:56]