Place name : SE of Damicornis Bay, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim
Date : 2025-07-20 GPS : 55.29130,-6.25060. Depth : -15.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]
Site Description : Circalittoral stable boulders with diverse sponges and hydroids embedded in mixed sediment in occasionally strong tidal streams.
Branched antenna hydroid,
Nemertesia ramosa, [
00:00:32]; Sea squirt,
Ascidia mentula, [
00:00:40]; Devonshire cup coral,
Caryophyllia smithii, [
00:01:14]; Orange encrusting sponge,
Eurypon sp., [
00:02:13]; Lightbulb sea squirt,
Clavelina lepadiformis, [
00:02:42]; Yellow staghorn sponge,
Axinella dissimilis, [
00:03:25]; Female cuckoo wrasse,
Labrus mixtus, [
00:03:53]; Crumpled duster sponge,
Axinella damicornis, [
00:04:04]; Rose coral bryozoan,
Pentapora foliacea, [
00:04:22]; Catshark eggcase,
Scyliorhinus canicula, [
00:04:32]; Rare hydroids,
Diphasia alata and Polyplumaria flabellata, [
00:04:41]; Prawn cracker sponge,
Axinella infundibuliformis [
00:05:04]; Rare hydroid,
Diphasia margareta, [
00:05:14]; Orange bryozoan,
Parasmittina trispinosa, [
00:05:45]; Common sea urchin,
Echinus esculentus, [
00:05:54]; Twin fanworm,
Bispira volutacornis, [
00:06:15]; Sea beech,
Delesseria sanguinea, [
00:06:34]; Forest kelp with bryozoan,
Laminaria hyperborea with
Membranipora membranacea [
00:06:40]; Compass jellyfish,
Chrysaora hysoscella, [
00:07:20]