BioMar survey of Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay, County Donegal, July 1993  

Moross Castle, Moross Channel, Mulroy Bay.

Dive number: 930711/01 Date: 11 July 1993

Site Description: The narrow channel joining the two main water bodies in Mulroy Bay. The site was selected because beds of Limaria had been recorded previously. The channel was approximately 8 to 9 m BCD. Limaria hians was dominant. The brittle star Ophiothrix fragilis was common, so too was the anemone Anthopleura ballii.

Map site - Google maps: 55.196,-7.71933

Subsite: Gravel with Limaria hians bed. details

Subsite Description: A shallow channel, approximately 9 to 10 m deep with a sandy bottom. The file shell Limaria hians was dominant, and formed large galleries. The spider crab Inachus dorsettensis was heavily encrusted with the sponge Esperiopsis fucorum. The anemones Cereus pedunculatus and Anthopleura ballii were common.

Photograph no. m0011
Anthopleura ballii		 Photograph no. m0012
Cereus pedunculatus		 Photograph no. m0013
Asterias rubens		 Photograph no. m0014
Hydractinia echinata, Pagurus bernhardus		 Photograph no. m0015
Gobius niger		 Photograph no. m0016
Ebalia tumefacta
Photograph no. m0017
Haminoea navicula		 Photograph no. m0018
Inachus dorsettensis		 Photograph no. m0019
Limaria hians		 Photograph no. m0020
Limaria hians		 Photograph no. w0147
Buccinum undatum		 Photograph no. w0148
Cereus pedunculatus, Pagurus bernhardus, Inachus dorsettensis
Photograph no. w0149
Limaria 		Photograph no. w0150
Limaria hians		 Photograph no. w0151
Cereus pedunculatus, Limaria hians, Henricia oculata		 Photograph no. w0152
Ophiothrix fragilis		 Photograph no. w0153
Limaria hians, Gobius niger		 Photograph no. w0154
Limaria hians, Pecten maximus
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Limaria hians		 Photograph no. w0156
Limaria hians		 Photograph no. w0157
 Photograph no. w0158
Cereus pedunculatus, Limaria hians		 Photograph no. w0159
Amphilectus fucorum, Cereus pedunculatus

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