Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : West end of Large Skerry, Portrush. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-08-17 GPS : 55.22471,-6.62319. Depth : -12.0 to -20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description :

Common urchin, Echinus esculentus, [00:00:21]; Beautiful eyelash weed, Calliblepharis ciliata, [00:00:46]; Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, [00:01:08]; Hydroid, Sertularella gayi, [00:01:38]; Candy-striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, [00:02:27]; Branching sponge, Stelligera stuposa, [00:2:36]; Golf ball sponge, Tethya citrina, [00:03:16]; Twin fanworm, Bispira volutacornis, [00:03:40]; Hornwrack, Flustra foliacea, [ 00:04:04]; Finger bryozoan, Alcyonidium diaphanum, [00:04:48]; Soft corals, Alcyonium digitatum, [00:05:20]; Twin fanworm, Bispira volutacornis, [00:08:05]; Large boring sponge, Cliona celata & spiny starfish, Marthasterias glacialis, [00:09:29]; Red encrusting sponge, Eurypon major, [00:10:07]