MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Sheep Is, Ballintoy.

NW of Sheep Is, Ballintoy.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830517/05 Date: 1983-05-17 GPS: 55.24983,-6.35367. Depth: -3.0 to -3.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock ridge running out from Sheep Is. Steep rock faces. Much swell.

Species list and abundance (30 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Sarsia sp. P	ECHINODERMATA	Corallina officinalis P	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P	Odonthalia dentata P	Alaria esculenta P
PORIFERA	Orthopyxis integra P	Henricia oculata P	Lithophyllum sp. P	Compsothamnion thuyoides P	Polysiphonia stricta P	Laminaria digitata P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P	MOLLUSCA	TUNICATA	Dilsea carnosa P	Pterothamnion plumula P	Pterosiphonia parasitica P	Laminaria hyperborea P
Amphilectus fucorum P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Dendrodoa grossularia P	Chondrus crispus P	Ptilota gunneri P	CHROMOPHYTA
Halichondria panicea P	BRYOZOA	RHODOPHYTA	Metacallophyllis laciniata P	Cryptopleura ramosa P	Desmarestia aculeata P
CNIDARIA	Crisia eburnea P	Palmaria palmata P	Plocamium cartilagineum P	Brongniartella byssoides P	Desmarestia viridis P