SE of Mussel Rock, Roskeeda Bay, Kilkieran Bay.

Dive number: 930824/02 Date: 24 August 1993

Site Description: The site was a deep depression in a shallow channel in the inner part of a sheltered fiard. It had steep mud slopes, and to the north-east a bedrock wall with boulders at the top. Habitat 1: A mud slope extended from 4 m to 14 m BCD with abundant Virgularia mirabilis and frequent Sagartiogeton undatus. Habitat 2: Silty boulders and bedrock extended from 6 - 17 m BCD and were covered by thinly encrusting sponges and Ascidia mentula. The sponges included Mycale contarenii, M. rotalis, Dysidea fragilis and Eurypon species. Habitat 3: A mud slope extended from 14 - 32 m BCD and had common Pachycerianthus multiplicatus.

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Subsite: Mud slope with Pachycerianthus multiplicatus. details

Subsite Description: Mud slope extended from 14 to 32 m BCD and had common Pachycerianthus multiplicatus.

Subsite: Mud slope with Virgularia mirabilis. details

Subsite Description: The mud slope extended from 4 to 14 m BCD with abundant Virgularia mirabilis and frequent Sagartiogeton undatus.

Subsite: Silty circalittoral bedrock with sponges. details

Subsite Description: Silty boulders and bedrock extended from 6 to 17 m BCD and were covered by thinly encrusting sponges and Ascidia mentula. The sponges included Mycale contarenii, M. rotalis, Dysidea fragilis and Eurypon species.

Mycale contarenii	Amphilectus fucorum	Mycale rotalis	Suberites ficus	Tricheurypon viride	Haliclona fistulosa
Antennella secundaria	Mycale rotalis, Dysidea fragilis, Cadlina laevis	Haliclona cinerea	Raspailia aculeata	Eurypon	Microciona armata
Eurypon	Eurypon	Hymedesmia paupertas	Tricheurypon viride	Myoxocephalus scorpius	Myoxocephalus scorpius