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Nigel Mortimer's records

Number seen/Abundance	Date	Location	Comments	Species
3	2004-04-28	Snapes Point Snapes Point	Neap tide @ HW @ ca. 10m BCD One pair mating and one laying eggs around algae ... had always thought that they only did this on spring tides intertidally.	Aplysia punctata
P	2004-06-15	Scoble Point Sublittoral off of Scoble Point	3 burrows per metre square. Warren of rhomboid crab burrows in sand dunes about 50m south of site above - ca. 6m bcd	Goneplax rhomboides
2	2004-06-15	Scoble Point Sublittoral off of Scoble Point	Exhibiting entire sea loch type fronds over 1m - ca. 1m bcd	Laminaria digitata
C	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	Beds, common throughout the sheltered shores of the estuary	Ascophyllum nodosum
P	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	Single seaweed, first observation of this species at this site	Cystoseira tamariscifolia
C	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	Beds, common throughout the estuary	Fucus serratus
C	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	Beds, common throughout the estuary	Fucus vesiculosus
C	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	Common, fronds with few cuts	Laminaria digitata
C	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	All too common	Sargassum muticum
C	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	Common littoral fringe	Anemonia viridis
5	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	commonly found at this site	Xantho hydrophilus
1	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore		Ostrea edulis
5	2004-08-03	Snapes Point Snapes Point - sheltered shore	another species commonly found at this site	Pilumnus hirtellus

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