MBDP-NI: S of Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

S of Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820806/03 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 (60 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Rhizocaulus verticillatus	Pagurus cuanensis	BRYOZOA	Asterias rubens	Ascidiella scabra	Acrosorium venulosum
Sycon ciliatum	Obelia dichotoma	Pagurus prideaux	Crisia sp.	Ophiocomina nigra	Polycarpa pomaria	Brongniartella byssoides
Polymastia penicillus	Alcyonium digitatum	Pisidia longicornis	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Echinus esculentus	Dendrodoa grossularia	Pterosiphonia parasitica
Suberites ficus	Urticina felina	Hyas coarctatus	Vesicularia spinosa	TUNICATA	Botryllus schlosseri	CHLOROPHYTA
Haliclona oculata	Calliactis palliata	Macropodia rostrata	Eucratea loricata	Distaplia rosea	Botrylloides leachi	Ulva linza
CNIDARIA	ANNELIDA	Pirimela denticulata	Flustra foliacea	Morchellium argus	Molgula manhattensis
Halecium halecinum	Sabella pavonina	MOLLUSCA	Scrupocellaria sp.	Aplidium nordmanni	PISCES
Hydrallmania falcata	Pomatoceros triqueter	Aporrhais pespelecani	Cellaria sp.	Didemnum sp.	Pomatoschistus minutus
Sertularella polyzonias	CRUSTACEA	Lamellaria (Lamellaria) perspicua	Cellepora pumicosa	Ciona intestinalis	RHODOPHYTA
Nemertesia antennina	Crangon crangon	Ocenebra erinacea	ECHINODERMATA	Corella parallelogramma	Phyllophora crispa
Plumularia setacea	Pagurus bernhardus	Limacia clavigera	Henricia oculata	Ascidiella aspersa	Ceramium sp.