Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

N of Otter Rock, Gid Point.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830518/02 Date: 1983-05-18 GPS: 55.24383,-6.42183. Depth: -16.0 to -17.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Open kelp forest-short stipes. Sparse cover of reds mainly Delesseria on bottom. Uneven bedrock with sharp angles little ledges and occ large crevice.

Species list and abundance (43 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Halichondria bowerbanki P	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Flustra foliacea P	TUNICATA	Botryllus schlosseri P	Halurus flosculosus P
PORIFERA	Haliclona viscosa P	CRUSTACEA	Scrupocellaria reptans P	Polyclinum aurantium P	PISCES	Cryptopleura ramosa P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P	CNIDARIA	Pisidia longicornis P	Parasmittina trispinosa P	Didemnum sp. P	Pholis gunnellus P	Delesseria sanguinea P
Axinella infundibuliformis P	Obelia geniculata P	MOLLUSCA	ECHINODERMATA	Corella parallelogramma P	RHODOPHYTA	Phycodrys rubens P
Stelligera montagui P	Urticina felina P	Steromphala cineraria P	Crossaster papposus P	Ascidia conchilega P	Lithophyllum sp. P	Odonthalia dentata P
Polymastia boletiformis P	Caryophyllia smithii P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Asterias rubens P	Ascidia mentula P	Metacallophyllis laciniata P	CHROMOPHYTA
Polymastia penicillus P	ANNELIDA	BRYOZOA	Echinus esculentus P	Polycarpa scuba P	Rhodymenia sp. P	Laminaria hyperborea P
Myxilla incrustans P	Sabella pavonina P	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	Pawsonia saxicola P	Dendrodoa grossularia P	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P

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