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

Priority species

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):

No biotope record.

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