MBDP-NI: Site details E of Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Priority species

E of Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820806/02 Date: 1982-08-06 GPS: 55.22267,-6.61583 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulder slope with pockets of sand. Layer of loose sand 1/2cm deep over rock surface. A lot of red algae but few animals.

Species list (12 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina
Plumularia setacea
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
BRYOZOA
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiura albida
Ophiura ophiura
Echinocardium cordatum
TUNICATA
Polycarpa pomaria

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina P
Plumularia setacea P
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
BRYOZOA
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiura albida P
Ophiura ophiura P
Echinocardium cordatum P
TUNICATA
Polycarpa pomaria P