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

Priority species

E of Sheep Is, Ballintoy.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830519/06 Date: 1983-05-19 GPS: 55.24783,-6.34900. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Large boulders with patches of cobble between. Dense kelp forest.

Species list (40 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea
Grantia compressa
Halichondria panicea
Haliclona sp.
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
Cylista elegans
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Okenia nodosa
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis werneri
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria articulata
Halurus flosculosus
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia sp.
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia viridis
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea P
Grantia compressa P
Halichondria panicea P
Haliclona sp. P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
Cylista elegans P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Okenia nodosa P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Membranipora membranacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria articulata P
Halurus flosculosus P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia sp. P
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia viridis P
Laminaria hyperborea P