Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

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 (30 species recorded)

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