Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

SE of St.John's Point.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830503/05 Date: 1983-05-03 GPS: 54.22667,-5.65500 [ View map ]

Site Description: Gullies 1/2-1m high. Thick kelp forest. Dense understorey of red algae (Odonthalia: Phycodrys: Delesseria). Many small young plants.

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Species list (39 species recorded)

PORIFERA CRUSTACEA BRYOZOA TUNICATA Lithophyllum sp. Delesseria sanguinea Polysiphonia stricta
Halichondria panicea Homarus gammarus Alcyonidium diaphanum Aplidium punctum Chondrus crispus Hypoglossum hypoglossoides Rhodomela confervoides
CNIDARIA Necora puber ECHINODERMATA PISCES Metacallophyllis laciniata Membranoptera alata CHROMOPHYTA
Abietinaria abietina MOLLUSCA Henricia oculata Pholis gunnellus Plocamium cartilagineum Nitophyllum punctatum Cutleria
Sertularia argentea Steromphala cineraria Asterias rubens RHODOPHYTA Ptilota gunneri Phycodrys rubens Desmarestia viridis
Obelia geniculata Calliostoma zizyphinum Marthasterias glacialis Bonnemaisonia intricata Heterosiphonia plumosa Brongniartella byssoides Alaria esculenta
Alcyonium digitatum Patella pellucida Echinus esculentus Palmaria palmata Cryptopleura ramosa Odonthalia dentata Laminaria hyperborea

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