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

Priority species

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

No biotope record.

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