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

Priority species

S Side Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820806/04 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 (54 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Patella pellucida
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
BRYOZOA
Crisia sp.
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Flustra foliacea
Bugula sp.
Bugulina flabellata
Scrupocellaria sp.
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Dendrodoa grossularia
PISCES
Labrus bergylta
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Polyides rotundus
Gracilaria gracilis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Pterothamnion plumula
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Patella pellucida P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia sp. P
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Flustra foliacea P
Bugula sp. P
Bugulina flabellata P
Scrupocellaria sp. P
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
PISCES
Labrus bergylta P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Polyides rotundus P
Gracilaria gracilis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P