MBDP-NI: Site details Skullmartin Rock, Ballywalter.

Priority species

Skullmartin Rock, Ballywalter.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820917/01 Date: 1982-09-17 GPS: 54.53850,-5.43333 [ View map ]

Site Description: Barren coarse gravel with frequent boulders bearing sparse hydroid cover and often with an Echinus.

Species list (23 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Raspailia hispida
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Halecium halecinum
Abietinaria abietina
Hydrallmania falcata
Sertularia argentea
Nemertesia antennina
Urticina felina
Stomphia coccinea
CRUSTACEA
Galathea strigosa
Munida rugosa
MOLLUSCA
Jujubinus (Clelandella) miliaris
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Colus (Colus) gracilis
Neptunea antiqua
BRYOZOA
Vesicularia spinosa
Flustra foliacea
Cellaria sp.
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Ciona intestinalis
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Raspailia hispida P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Halecium halecinum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Sertularia argentea P
Nemertesia antennina P
Urticina felina P
Stomphia coccinea P
CRUSTACEA
Galathea strigosa P
Munida rugosa P
MOLLUSCA
Jujubinus (Clelandella) miliaris P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Colus (Colus) gracilis P
Neptunea antiqua P
BRYOZOA
Vesicularia spinosa P
Flustra foliacea P
Cellaria sp. P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Ciona intestinalis P
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus P