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]
Biotope 1 : Laminaria hyperborea with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed infralittoral rock.
Biotope 2 : Sponges and anemones on vertical circalittoral bedrock.