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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. Circalittoral tide-swept mixed gravel, stone and boulders, wave-sheltered, with deep-water hydroids and sponges. Areas of muddy sand in the lee of the wreck and many cup corals living at the surface of the gravel near the wreck.

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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