MBDP-NI: Site details Craigbrain N of Ballywalter.

Priority species

Craigbrain N of Ballywalter.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820916/05 Date: 1982-09-16 GPS: 54.57050,-5.46817. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock with gullies. Large kelp plants on horizontal surfaces. Rich cover of algae beneath kelp.

Species list (65 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Stelligera montagui
Hemimycale columella
Mycale rotalis
Halichondria sp.
Haliclona sp.
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Sabella pavonina
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui
Galathea squamifera
Galathea strigosa
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta
Polycera quadrilineata
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Bicellariella ciliata
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum maculosum
Diplosoma listerianum
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Callionymus lyra
Gobiusculus flavescens
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Dilsea carnosa
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Plocamium cartilagineum
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Halurus flosculosus
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
Halidrys siliquosa
CHLOROPHYTA
Cladophora sp.

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Stelligera montagui P
Hemimycale columella P
Mycale rotalis P
Halichondria sp. P
Haliclona sp. P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Sabella pavonina P
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui P
Galathea squamifera P
Galathea strigosa P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta P
Polycera quadrilineata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum maculosum P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Callionymus lyra P
Gobiusculus flavescens P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Halurus flosculosus P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
Halidrys siliquosa P
CHLOROPHYTA
Cladophora sp. P