Place name : Farganlack Gully, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim
Date : 2025-07-30 GPS : 55.31073,-6.25638. Depth : -15.0 to -15.0 m. [ View map ]
Site Description : Gully with diverse anemones and sponges; kelp forest at top.
Diseased elephant’s hide sponge,
Pachymatisma johnstonia, [
00:02:05]; Elephant’s hide sponge,
Pachymatisma johnstonia, [
00:02:44]; Sandalled anemone,
Actinothoe sphyrodeta, [
00:02:58]; Elegant anemone,
Cylista elegans, [
00:03:38]; Elegant anemone,
Cylista elegans, [
00:06:35]; Forest kelp,
Laminaria hyperborea, [
00:06:52]; Mermaid’s ear,
Meredithia microphylla, [
00:07:22]; Sea beech,
Delesseria sanguinea, [
00:07:45]; Rare anemone,
Phellia gausapata, [
00:08:26]; Baked bean sea squirt,
Dendrodoa grossularia, [
00:11:38]; Baked bean sea squirt,
Dendrodoa grossularia and calcareous sponge,
Clathrina coriacea, [
00:12:28]
Biotope 1 : Laminaria hyperborea with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed infralittoral rock
Biotope 2 : Sponges and anemones on vertical circalittoral bedrock