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The original is at http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/rockall/fauna.html.
Meet the neighbours
Rockall's biodiversity in all its splendour
by Lester Haines
Bleak, granite outcrop it may be, but Rockall still supports a diverse and lively biosystem.
In fact, no less than six species have been identified on the islet, as follows:
- A trematode
- The rough periwinkle – Littorina rudis
- A common amphipod – Hyale nilssoni
- An orange rotifer
- A common mite – Hyadesia fusca
- A common mite – Ameronothrus
Experts agree that this astounding biodiversity ranks Rockall just below the domestic lavatory in terms of species, and well above Iceland in terms of intelligent life.
From The Rockall Times Monday 5th November 2001
http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/.