MBDP-NI: Site details Wee Pill Ringfad Point, Ardglass.

Priority species

Wee Pill Ringfad Point, Ardglass.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820908/02 Date: 1982-09-08 GPS: 54.25000,-5.60417 [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock ridges and bottom of cliff adjoining cobble area. Covered with Ophiothrix and frequent red algae.

Species list (63 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Cliona celata
Mycale rotalis
Suberites carnosus
Haliclona oculata
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
Sabella pavonina
Serpula vermicularis
CRUSTACEA
Inachus phalangium
Macropodia rostrata
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Buccinum undatum
Okenia nodosa
Acanthodoris pilosa
Polycera faeroensis
Polycera quadrilineata
Pecten maximus
Eledone cirrhosa
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Solaster endeca
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
Thyone roscovita
Pawsonia saxicola
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Diplosoma listerianum
Ciona intestinalis
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella scabra
Ascidia mentula
Ascidia virginea
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus
Callionymus lyra
Pomatoschistus minutus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Halurus flosculosus
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Cliona celata P
Mycale rotalis P
Suberites carnosus P
Haliclona oculata P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
Sabella pavonina P
Serpula vermicularis P
CRUSTACEA
Inachus phalangium P
Macropodia rostrata P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Buccinum undatum P
Okenia nodosa P
Acanthodoris pilosa P
Polycera faeroensis P
Polycera quadrilineata P
Pecten maximus P
Eledone cirrhosa P
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Solaster endeca P
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
Thyone roscovita P
Pawsonia saxicola P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Ciona intestinalis P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella scabra P
Ascidia mentula P
Ascidia virginea P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus P
Callionymus lyra P
Pomatoschistus minutus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Halurus flosculosus P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P