MBDP-NI: Site details SW of West Maiden, Maidens.

SW of West Maiden, Maidens.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830524/03 Date: 1983-05-24 GPS: 54.92933,-5.73950 [ View map ]

Site Description: Tubularia larynx very abundant with Coryphella spp eating it. Echinus grazed kelp stopped at -14m. Very little red algae.

Species list and abundance (32 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Ectopleura larynx P	Aglaophenia tubulifera P	CRUSTACEA	Diaphorodoris luteocincta P	Crisia eburnea P	TUNICATA
PORIFERA	Halecium halecinum P	Obelia sp. P	Caprella linearis P	Coryphella browni P	Bugulina flabellata P	Corella parallelogramma P
Dysidea fragilis P	Halecium muricatum P	Obelia dichotoma P	MOLLUSCA	Coryphella lineata P	ECHINODERMATA	RHODOPHYTA
Axinella infundibuliformis P	Abietinaria abietina P	Obelia longissima P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Coryphella verrucosa P	Henricia oculata P	Delesseria sanguinea P
CNIDARIA	Diphasia sp. P	Alcyonium digitatum P	Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P	Edmundsella pedata P	Marthasterias glacialis P	CHROMOPHYTA
Tubularia indivisa P	Diphasia rosacea P	Urticina felina P	Dendronotus frondosus P	BRYOZOA	Echinus esculentus P	Laminaria hyperborea P