Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : SE of Damicornis Bay, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-07-20 GPS : 55.29130,-6.25060. Depth : -15.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Circalittoral stable boulders with diverse sponges and hydroids embedded in mixed sediment in occasionally strong tidal streams.

Branched antenna hydroid, Nemertesia ramosa, [00:00:32]; Sea squirt, Ascidia mentula, [00:00:40]; Devonshire cup coral, Caryophyllia smithii, [00:01:14]; Orange encrusting sponge, Eurypon sp., [00:02:13]; Lightbulb sea squirt, Clavelina lepadiformis, [00:02:42]; Yellow staghorn sponge, Axinella dissimilis, [00:03:25]; Female cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, [00:03:53]; Crumpled duster sponge, Axinella damicornis, [00:04:04]; Rose coral bryozoan, Pentapora foliacea, [00:04:22]; Catshark eggcase, Scyliorhinus canicula, [00:04:32]; Rare hydroids, Diphasia alata and Polyplumaria flabellata, [00:04:41]; Prawn cracker sponge, Axinella infundibuliformis [00:05:04]; Rare hydroid, Diphasia margareta, [00:05:14]; Orange bryozoan, Parasmittina trispinosa, [00:05:45]; Common sea urchin, Echinus esculentus, [00:05:54]; Twin fanworm, Bispira volutacornis, [00:06:15]; Sea beech, Delesseria sanguinea, [00:06:34]; Forest kelp with bryozoan, Laminaria hyperborea with Membranipora membranacea [00:06:40]; Compass jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscella, [00:07:20]