Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

SW of Allen Rocks, Maidens.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830524/07 Date: 1983-05-24 GPS: 54.95000,-5.74100. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Smooth uneven bedrock formed into some gullies; fissures and some large vertical faces.

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Species list and abundance (52 species recorded):

PORIFERA Nemertesia antennina P Sabella pavonina P Okenia nodosa P Henricia oculata P Taurulus bubalis P Cryptopleura ramosa P
Spongionella pulchella P Plumularia setacea P Pomatoceros triqueter P Antiopella cristata P Asterias rubens P RHODOPHYTA Delesseria sanguinea P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P Obelia geniculata P CRUSTACEA Coryphella verrucosa P Echinus esculentus P Palmaria palmata P Membranoptera alata P
Halichondria panicea P Alcyonium digitatum P Galathea strigosa P Eubranchus sp. P TUNICATA Lithophyllum sp. P Phycodrys rubens P
CNIDARIA Urticina felina P Cancer pagurus P Eubranchus tricolor P Sidnyum turbinatum P Kallymenia reniformis P Brongniartella byssoides P
Tubularia indivisa P Cylista elegans P MOLLUSCA BRYOZOA Aplidium punctum P Schottera nicaeensis P Odonthalia dentata P
Halecium halecinum P Actinothoe sphyrodeta P Calliostoma zizyphinum P Crisia eburnea P Didemnum sp. P Plocamium cartilagineum P Polysiphonia stricta P
Abietinaria abietina P Caryophyllia smithii P Tritonia hombergii P ECHINODERMATA Botryllus schlosseri P Ptilota gunneri P CHROMOPHYTA
Diphasia rosacea P ANNELIDA Dendronotus frondosus P Antedon bifida P PISCES Heterosiphonia plumosa P Laminaria hyperborea P

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