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Place name : Russell Rock, The Maidens. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-07-30 GPS : 54.95377,-5.74748. Depth : -20.0 to -35.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Vertical wall of deep, wave-exposed circalittoral rock.

Devonshire cup corals Caryophyllia smithii [00:00:32]; Hairy branching sponge Raspailia hispida [00:00:40]; Antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina [00:00:49]; Oaten pipes hydroid Tubularia indivisa [00:00:53]; Branched antenna hydroid Nemertesia ramosa [00:01:35]; Cup sponge Axinella infundibuliformis [00:01:51]; Dead mens' fingers Alcyonium digitatum [00:02:08]; Branching bryozoan Omalosecosa ramulosa [00:02:23]; crystal sea slug Antiopella cristata [00:02:33]; Fan sponge Phakellia ventilabrum [00:02:37]; Renouf's sponge Sphaerotylus renoufi [00:02:53]; Hedgehog sponge Polymastia boletiformis [00:03:24]; Crayfish Palinurus elephas [00:03:39]; Red sponge Hymedesmia jecusculum [00:04:42]; Cup-shaped sponge Axinella infundibuliformis [00:04:50]; Staghorn sponge Axinella dissimilis [00:05:14]; Pink volcano sponge Haliclona viscosa [00:05:38]; Jewel anemones Corynactis viridis [00:05:43]; Sea hare Aplysia punctata [00:06:26]; Plumose anemones Metridium senile [00:07:16].

Biotope 1 : Phakellia ventilabrum and Axinellid sponges on deep, wave- exposed circalittoral rock

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum O
Spongionella pulchella R
Dysidea fragilis O
Axinella dissimilis R
Axinella infundibuliformis F
Raspailia hispida F
Stelligera stuposa F
Polymastia boletiformis F
Sphaerotylus renoufi O
Iophon hyndmani O
Iophonopsis nigricans O
Lissodendoryx jenjonesae O
Hemimycale columella O
Hymedesmia sp. F
Hymedesmia jecusculum O
Hymedesmia paupertas O
Myxilla fimbriata O
Haliclona urceolus O
Haliclona viscosa R
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa C
Ectopleura larynx O
Hydrallmania falcata R
Nemertesia antennina A
Nemertesia ramosa O
Aglaophenia sp. R
Aglaophenia tubulifera R
Alcyonium digitatum F
Actinothoe sphyrodeta F
Corynactis viridis O
Caryophyllia smithii S
CRUSTACEA
Adna anglica R
Palinurus elephas R
MOLLUSCA
Trivia arctica O
Polycera faeroensis R
Antiopella cristata R
BRYOZOA
Plagioecia patina R
Securiflustra securifrons R
Caberea boryi O
Cellaria fistulosa F
Schizomavella linearis O
Omalosecosa ramulosa O
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus R
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis O
Ascidia virginea R
Polycarpa pomaria O
RHODOPHYTA
Cryptopleura ramosa R
Delesseria sanguinea R

Biotope 2 : Kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest with vertical rock, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock

CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa C
Metridium senile O
Cylista elegans R
Actinothoe sphyrodeta F
CRUSTACEA
Caprella sp. F
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata R
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides O
Kallymenia reniformis O
Plocamium lyngbyanum R
Lomentaria orcadensis R
Heterosiphonia plumosa F
Cryptopleura ramosa F
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea F

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