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

Priority species

Wee Pill Ringfad Point, Ardglass.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820908/03 Date: 1982-09-08 GPS: 54.25083,-5.60500 [ View map ]

Site Description: Cliff extending to 14m; base of cliff very clean cobbles; rafts of drift algae and outcrops of jagged bedrock. Heavily grazed.

Species list (48 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Myxilla incrustans
CNIDARIA
Abietinaria abietina
Obelia dichotoma
Alcyonium digitatum
Cylista elegans
Corynactis viridis
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Testudinalia testudinalis
Patella pellucida
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta
Dendronotus frondosus
Okenia nodosa
Onchidoris bilamellata
Cadlina laevis
Archidoris pseudoargus
Eledone cirrhosa
BRYOZOA
Crisia sp.
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Morchellium argus
Diplosoma listerianum
Ascidiella aspersa
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus
Pomatoschistus flavescens
RHODOPHYTA
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Phyllophora crispa
Plocamium cartilagineum
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Myxilla incrustans P
CNIDARIA
Abietinaria abietina P
Obelia dichotoma P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Cylista elegans P
Corynactis viridis P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Patella pellucida P
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta P
Dendronotus frondosus P
Okenia nodosa P
Onchidoris bilamellata P
Cadlina laevis P
Archidoris pseudoargus P
Eledone cirrhosa P
BRYOZOA
Crisia sp. P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Morchellium argus P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus P
Pomatoschistus flavescens P
RHODOPHYTA
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Phyllophora crispa P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P