Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

SE of St.John's Point.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830503/02 Date: 1983-05-03 GPS: 54.22083,-5.64833 [ View map ]

Site Description: Horizontal bottom fine mud compacted with boulders and cobbles embedded in it.

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Species list and abundance (31 species recorded):

PORIFERA Halopteris catharina P Alcyonium digitatum P Munida rugosa P Eubranchus tricolor P Leptasterias muelleri P Echinus esculentus P
Suberites carnosus P Nemertesia antennina P Metridium senile P Inachus phalangium P BRYOZOA Ophiothrix fragilis P TUNICATA
CNIDARIA Nemertesia ramosa P Caryophyllia smithii P MOLLUSCA Scrupocellaria reptans P Ophiocomina nigra P Ciona intestinalis P
Halecium halecinum P Lytocarpia myriophyllum P ANNELIDA Aporrhais pespelecani P Parasmittina trispinosa P Ophiopholis aculeata P
Sertularella polyzonias P Obelia sp. P Amphitrite sp. P Lomanotus marmoratus P ECHINODERMATA Ophiura albida P
Sertularia argentea P Obelia plicata P CRUSTACEA Doto fragilis P Asterias rubens P Ophiura ophiura P

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