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Place name : N of Marlfield Bay, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-04 GPS : 54.41462,-5.58125. Depth : 26.5 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Gravelly mud dead shell, cobbles. Occasional boulder on muddy sand with occasional Virgularia mirabilis at start of dive. Some Synarachnactis lloydii (recorded as Cerianthus). Lots of Ophiura albida. More boulders and cobbles towards end of dive, with more abundant hydroids and Ascidiella aspersa. Gravelly mud, dead shell, cobbles.

Burrowing anemone Synarachnactis lloydii [00:00:11]; Barnacles feeding [00:01:47]; Sea pen Virgularia mirabilis [00:02:26]; Sea pen Virgularia mirabilis [00:03:10]; Featherstars Antedon bifida [00:03:29]; Greater pipefish Syngnathus acus [00:03:53]; Hydroid Kirchenpaueria pinnata [00:04:43]; Lightbulb sea squirt Clavelina lepadiformis [00:04:52]; Large purse sponge Sycon sp. and antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina [00:05:24]; Swimming featherstar Antedon bifida [00:06:01]; Brittlestars Ophiura albida [00:06:14]; Smashed Quahog Arctica islandica [00:06:41]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:07:45]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:09:46]; Fanworm Myxicola polychroma [00:12:18]; Horseman anemone Urticina eques [00:14:37]; Fluted sea squirt Ascidiella aspersa and black brittlestar Ophiocomina nigra [00:18:48].

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