Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI
Place name : The Saddle, East Maiden, The Maidens. County : Antrim
Date : 2024-08-30 GPS : 54.92680,-5.72963. Depth : -25.0 to -35.0 m. [ View map ]
Site Description : Circalittoral boulders, exposed/tide-swept; Alyconium digitatum and Actinothoe sphyrodeta, Caryophyllia smithii and Parazoathus anguicomus.
Boulders with soft corals (Alcyonium digitatum) and anemones (Actinothoe sphyrodeta), [00:00:54], Orange & white forms of soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum), [00:01:11], White cluster anemone (Parazoanthus aguicomus), [00:01:30], Common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus), [00:01:42], Yellow sponge (Myxilla incrustans), [00:02:30], Underwater photographer, [00:02:48], Rare sea anemone (Hormathia coronata), [00:03:19], Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis), [00:03:34], Yellow hydroid (Sertularella gayi), [00:03:47], Cup corals (Caryophyllia smithii) and yellow branching sponges (Stelligera stuposa and Raspailia hispida), [00:04:06], Pink coralline encrusting algae on pebbles, [00:04:19], Female Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) transitioning to male , [00:04:33], Beautiful Fan Weed (Callophyllis laciniata), [00:05:05], Red seaweed, Beautiful Kidney Weed (Kallymenia reniformis), [00:05:29], Red seaweed, Red Hook Weed (Acrosorium venulosum), [00:06:06], White-striped anemone (Actinothoe sphyrodeta), [00:06:40], Selection of wrasse (Rock cook Ctenolabrus exoletus; Cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus;, [00:08:07], Red seaweed, Beautiful Fan Weed (Callophyllis laciniata) and hydroid (Amphisbetia operculata) on kelp stipe, [00:08:30].
Species list and abundance (44 species recorded):