MBDP-NI: S.S. Lochgarry, Rathlin Island

Place name : S.S. Lochgarry, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-08-01 GPS : 55.26583,-6.17370. Depth : -25.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Wreck of the S.S. Lochgarry and seabed adjacent to the wreck, composed of very tide-swept boulders covered with diverse deep water hydroids and sponges, on muddy sand.

Cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, [00:01:50:]; Nudibranch, Acanthodoris Pilosa, [00:02:42]; Cup shaped sponges, Axinella infundibuliformis, [00:04:14]; Devonshire cup corals, Caryophyllia smithii, [00:04:42]; Hydroids, Polyplumaria flabellata & Diphasia alata, [00:05:33}; Wreckage with cup corals and rare hydroids, [00:06:33]; Hydroids, Tubularia indivisa & Coryne sp., [00:09:17]

Species list (33 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral tide-swept boulders and wreckage, wave-sheltered, with deep-water hydroids and sponges. Deep sponge communities (circalittoral)

PORIFERA
Axinella infundibuliformis F
Eurypon sp. P
Raspailia hispida R
Stelligera stuposa F
Polymastia boletiformis R
Iophon hyndmani F
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa C
Coryne sp. C
Diphasia alata O
Diphasia margareta R
Nemertesia antennina C
Nemertesia antennina C
Polyplumaria flabellata O
Alcyonium digitatum C
Actinothoe sphyrodeta C
Corynactis viridis R
Caryophyllia smithii C
MOLLUSCA
Acanthodoris pilosa R
Polycera faeroensis R
Pecten maximus R
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum C
Flustra foliacea O
Crisularia plumosa P
Porella compressa R
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata R
TUNICATA
Diazona violacea R
PISCES
Pollachius pollachius C
Centrolabrus exoletus O
Ctenolabrus rupestris O
Labrus bergylta R
Labrus mixtus R
Thorogobius ephippiatus R
RHODOPHYTA
Delesseria sanguinea O
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma R

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