Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : Doon Bay, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-07-28 GPS : 55.27483,-6.17441. Depth : -20.0 to -25.0 m. [ View map ]

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

Spider crab, Inachus dorsettensis, [00:00:57]; Common lobster, Homarus gammarus, [00:01:26]; Brown crab, Cancer pagurus, [00:02:25]; Crayfish, Palinurus elephas, [00:02:53]; Hydroids, Sertularella gayi, and Diphasia margereta, [00:03:36]; Yellow feathers hydroid, Aglaophenia tubulifera, [0:04:29]; Long-clawed squat lobster, Munida rugosa, [00:04:33]; Rosy palm weed, Rhodymenia pseudopalmata, [00:04:51]; Bryozoan, Vesicularia spinosa, [00:04:57]; Hydroid, Diphasia margereta, with Doto spawn [00:05:10] Branched antenna hydroid Nemertesia ramosa 05:54 Rare hydroid Polyplumaria flabellata 06:05 Rare hydroid Diphasia alata 06:32 King scallop Pecten maximus 07:15 Cup-shaped sponge Axinella infundibuliformis 07:39 Prideaux's hermit crab Pagurus prideaux 08:04