Place name : The Gully, Farganlack Point, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim
Date : 2025-05-23 GPS : 55.31093,-6.25625. Depth : -15.0 to -15.0 m. [ View map ]
Site Description : Gully with diverse anemones and sponges; kelp forest at top.
Blue jellyfish,
Cyanea lamarckii [
00:00:39]; Sea lemon,
Doris pseudoargus, [
00:01:28]; Elegant anemones,
Cylista elegans, and jewel anemones
Corynactis viridis, [
00:02:10]; Club-shaped sea squirt,
Aplidium punctum, [
00:02:18]; Elegant anemones,
Cylista elegans [
00:02:22]; Soft coral,
Alcyonium digitatum, [
00:02:32]; Anemone,
Phellia gausapata, [
00:03:14]; Bloody Henry starfish,
Henricia oculata [
00:03:46]; Mermaid's ear,
Meredithia microphylla, [
00:04:15]; Small cushion star,
Asterina phylactica, [
00:04:41]; Oaten pipe hydroid,
Tubularia indivisa, [
00:04:47]; Nudibranch,
Coryphella browni, [
00:04:58]; Nudibranch spawn,
Coryphella sp., [
00:06:22]; Nudibranchs,
Coryphella browni &
Coryphella chriskaugei, [
00:07:18]; Oaten pipe hydroid,
Tubularia indivisa, [
00:08:48]; Dabberlocks,
Alaria esculenta [
00:10:08]; Sea beech,
Delesseria sanguinea [
00:10:37]; Elephant ear sponge,
Pachymatisma johnstonia, [
00:11:07]; Baked bean ascidian,
Dendrodoa grossularia, [
00:11:57]; White lace sponge,
Clathrina coriacea, [
00:12:26]; Sea squirt,
Aplidium nordmanni, [
00:12:56]
Biotope 1 : Laminaria hyperborea with dense foliose red seaweeds on exposed infralittoral rock.
Biotope 2 : Sponges and anemones on vertical circalittoral bedrock.