Place name : Between Hadd Rock & Long Sheelah. County : Down
Date : 2003-07-28 GPS : 54.45422,-5.59452. Depth : 25.1 m. [ View map ]
Site Description : Continuous live Modiolus modiolus.
Healthy horse mussel bed (
Modiolus modiolus) with variegated scallop (
Mimachlamys varia), sea cucumbers (
Thyone roscovita), brittlestars (
Ophiothrix fragilis and
Ophiocomina nigra) and feather stars (
Antedon bifida); [
00:01:34] queen scallop (
Aequipecten opercularis) covered in the sponge
Mycale cf.
contareni and sea cucumbers (
Thyone roscovita); [
00:02:05] common starfish (
Asterias rubens); [
00:02:35] wrinkled swimming crab (
Liocarcinus corrugatus) and sea cucumber (
Thyone roscovita); [
00:04:09] queen scallop (
Aequipecten opercularis) with the encrusting sponge (
Suberites ficus); [
00:04:48] common sunstar (
Crossaster papposus) with the queen scallop (
Aequipecten opercularis); [
00:11:30] large clump of variegated scallop (
Mimachlamys varia) with brittlestars (
Ophiothrix fragilis) and feather stars (
Antedon bifida); [
00:11:42] edible crab (
Cancer pagurus); [
00:12:01] the sponge
Myxilla incrustans and the white variety of the painted topshell (
Calliostoma ziziphynum); [
00:12:52] horseman anemone (
Urticina eques); [
00:13:25] the sponge
Mycale rotalis growing on the ascidian
Ascidia mentula; [
00:19:13] large clump of variegated scallop (
Mimachlamys varia) with the brittlestar (
Ophiothrix fragilis); [
00:19:30] clump of horse mussels (
Modiolus modiolus) and brittlestars (
Ophiothrix fragilis and
Ophiocomina nigra); [
00:20:37] close up of horse mussel (
Modiolus modiolus), blue mussel (
Mytilus edulis) and native oyster (
Ostrea edulis); [
00:21:59] soft coral (
Alcyonium digitatum) and the boring sponge (
Cliona celata); [
00:23:04] bloody henry starfish (
Henricia oculata), the sponges
Myxilla cf.
rosacea and
Mycale rotalis and the bryozoan
Scrupocellaria sp.