MBDP-NI: Site details N of The Storks, Skerries, Portrush.

Priority species

Invasive species

N of The Storks, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840703/01 Date: 1984-07-03 GPS: 55.22250,-6.59067 [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble bottom with some large boulders. Cobbles with bryozoans & hydroids. Boulders with Flustra foliacea & Echinus.

Species list (53 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Diphasia rosacea
Hydrallmania falcata
Sertularella polyzonias
Sertularia cupressina
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Rhizocaulus verticillatus
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Lanice conchilega
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pagurus cuanensis
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Buccinum undatum
Ancula gibbosa
Thecacera pennigera
Antiopella cristata
Doto sp.
Amphorina pallida
Venus casina
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Bowerbankia sp.
Eucratea loricata
Flustra foliacea
Securiflustra securifrons
Bugulina flabellata
Crisularia plumosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
Neopentadactyla mixta
Thyone fusus
Thyone roscovita
TUNICATA
Distaplia rosea
Morchellium argus
Aplidium nordmanni
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella scabra
Polycarpa pomaria
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula
Callionymus lyra

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Diphasia rosacea P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Sertularella polyzonias P
Sertularia cupressina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Rhizocaulus verticillatus P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Lanice conchilega P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pagurus cuanensis P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Buccinum undatum P
Ancula gibbosa P
Thecacera pennigera P
Antiopella cristata P
Doto sp. P
Amphorina pallida P
Venus casina P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Bowerbankia sp. P
Eucratea loricata P
Flustra foliacea P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Bugulina flabellata P
Crisularia plumosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
Neopentadactyla mixta P
Thyone fusus P
Thyone roscovita P
TUNICATA
Distaplia rosea P
Morchellium argus P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella scabra P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
Callionymus lyra P