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 and abundance (39 species recorded):

Biotope 1	CRUSTACEA	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	PISCES	Plocamium cartilagineum P	Phycodrys rubens P	Alaria esculenta P
PORIFERA	Homarus gammarus P	ECHINODERMATA	Pholis gunnellus P	Ptilota gunneri P	Brongniartella byssoides P	Laminaria hyperborea P
Halichondria panicea P	Necora puber P	Henricia oculata P	RHODOPHYTA	Heterosiphonia plumosa P	Odonthalia dentata P
CNIDARIA	MOLLUSCA	Asterias rubens P	Bonnemaisonia intricata P	Cryptopleura ramosa P	Polysiphonia stricta P
Abietinaria abietina P	Steromphala cineraria P	Marthasterias glacialis P	Palmaria palmata P	Delesseria sanguinea P	Rhodomela confervoides P
Sertularia argentea P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Echinus esculentus P	Lithophyllum sp. P	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P	CHROMOPHYTA
Obelia geniculata P	Patella pellucida P	TUNICATA	Chondrus crispus P	Membranoptera alata P	Cutleria P
Alcyonium digitatum P	BRYOZOA	Aplidium punctum P	Metacallophyllis laciniata P	Nitophyllum punctatum P	Desmarestia viridis P

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