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.
Diver with camera, [
00:00:53]; Elegant anemone,
Cylista elegans, [00:2:32]; Jewel anemone,
Corynactis viridis, [
00:02:50]; Elephant hide sponge,
Pachymatisma johnstonia, [
00:03:09]; Common urchin,
Echinus esculentus, [
00:03:54]; Ballan wrasse,
Labrus bergylta, [
00:04:33]; Red rags seaweed,
Dilsea carnosa, [
00:06:13]; Soft corals,
Alcyonium digitatum, [
00:06:48]; Rare anemone,
Phellia gausapata, [
00:07:06]; Stalked jellyfish,
Calvadosia campanulata, [
00:07:21]; Painted topshell,
Calliostoma zizyphinum, [
00:08:17]; Yellow sponge,
Iophon nigricans, [
00:08:51]. Baked bean sea squirt,
Dendrodoa grossularia, [
00:09:54]; Compass jellyfish,
Chrysaora hysoscella, [
00:12:12]
Biotope 1 : Laminaria hyperborea with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed infralittoral rock
Biotope 2 : Sponges and anemones on vertical circalittoral bedrock