Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

NW of Sheep Is, Ballintoy.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830517/04 Date: 1983-05-17 GPS: 55.25000,-6.35400. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Steep uneven bedrock slope with crevices. Occasional gulley and pit. Stable boulders at bottom of pits. Kelp forest but large areas of bedrock.

Species list and abundance (45 species recorded):

PORIFERA	Halichondria panicea P	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Okenia nodosa P	Polyclinum aurantium P	PISCES	Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Halisarca dujardinii P	Spongosorites calcicola P	CRUSTACEA	BRYOZOA	Morchellium argus P	Myoxocephalus scorpius P	Delesseria sanguinea P
Dysidea fragilis P	Haliclona sp. P	Galathea strigosa P	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	Sidnyum turbinatum P	Taurulus bubalis P	Membranoptera alata P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P	Haliclona viscosa P	Necora puber P	ECHINODERMATA	Aplidium punctum P	RHODOPHYTA	Phycodrys rubens P
Dercitus bucklandi P	CNIDARIA	MOLLUSCA	Henricia oculata P	Didemnum sp. P	Lithophyllum sp. P	Odonthalia dentata P
Amphilectus fucorum P	Cylista elegans P	Steromphala cineraria P	Marthasterias glacialis P	Ascidia mentula P	Dilsea carnosa P	Polysiphonia stricta P
Hemimycale columella P	Caryophyllia smithii P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Echinus esculentus P	Polycarpa pomaria P	Plocamium cartilagineum P	CHROMOPHYTA
Mycale rotalis P	ANNELIDA	Hinia (Hinia) reticulata P	TUNICATA	Dendrodoa grossularia P	Ptilota gunneri P	Laminaria hyperborea P

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