MBDP-NI: Site details North of The Giants Causeway.

Priority species

North of The Giants Causeway.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820730/01 Date: 1982-07-30 GPS: 55.24717,-6.51533. Depth: -31.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Stable boulders & mobile cobbles. Much sand scour. Clean sand in 0.5m high dunes

Species list (29 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus
Iophonopsis nigricans
Suberitidae sp.
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Hydrallmania falcata
Sertularia cupressina
Rhizocaulus verticillatus
Alcyonium digitatum
Metridium senile
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pagurus bernhardus
Hyas coarctatus
Macropodia rostrata
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Ocenebra erinacea
Eubranchus tricolor
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Vesicularia spinosa
Flustra foliacea
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiopholis aculeata
TUNICATA
Ascidiella scabra
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Pleuronectes platessa
RHODOPHYTA
Pterosiphonia parasitica

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus P
Iophonopsis nigricans P
Suberitidae sp. P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Sertularia cupressina P
Rhizocaulus verticillatus P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Metridium senile P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Hyas coarctatus P
Macropodia rostrata P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Ocenebra erinacea P
Eubranchus tricolor P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Vesicularia spinosa P
Flustra foliacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiopholis aculeata P
TUNICATA
Ascidiella scabra P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Pleuronectes platessa P
RHODOPHYTA
Pterosiphonia parasitica P