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Place name : S.S. Lochgarry, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-05-19 GPS : 55.26595,-6.17392. Depth : -27.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Wreck of S.S. Lochgarry and adjacent seabed of boulders with muddy sand, with very tide-swept faunal communities.

East coast Rathlin circalittoral zone seabed of boulders and stony gravel with hydroids and sponges. Common sunstar Crossaster papposus [00:00:38]; Devonshire cup corals Caryophyllia smithii [00:01:07]; discarded lobster pot and free-living cup corals in sediment [00:01:25]; muddy sediment with sea pens Virgularia mirabilis [00:02:00]; rose coral Pentapora foliacea [00:02:27]; cup-shaped sponge Axinella infundibuliformis [00:03:25]; Hornwrack bryozoan Flustra foliacea [00:03:35]; mixed hydroids Diphasia alata and Polyplumaria flabellata [00:04:20]; Staghorn sponge Axinella dissimilis [00:04:34]; yellow sponge Myxilla incrustans [00:04:51]; orange sponge Myxilla fimbriata [00:04:55]; bryozoan Securiflustra securifrons [00:05:03]

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