MBDP-NI: Site details NE of Farganlack Point, Rathlin Is.

NE of Farganlack Point, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830607/08 Date: 1983-06-07 GPS: 55.31167,-6.24983. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Small cliff to 15m with small patches in rock. Many fissures. Rich sponges and algae.

Species list and abundance (50 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Haliclona sp. P	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Steromphala cineraria P	Parasmittina trispinosa P	RHODOPHYTA	Delesseria sanguinea P
PORIFERA	CNIDARIA	Filograna implexa P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	ECHINODERMATA	Palmaria palmata P	Phycodrys rubens P
Grantia compressa P	Tubularia indivisa P	Spirorbis sp. P	Patella pellucida P	Crossaster papposus P	Corallina officinalis P	Odonthalia dentata P
Sycon ciliatum P	Halecium halecinum P	CRUSTACEA	Coryphella lineata P	Echinus esculentus P	Lithophyllum sp. P	CHROMOPHYTA
Pachymatisma johnstonia P	Abietinaria abietina P	Balanus crenatus P	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	Dilsea carnosa P	Desmarestia aculeata P
Polymastia boletiformis P	Alcyonium digitatum P	Homarus gammarus P	Membranipora membranacea P	Ascidia mentula P	Chondrus crispus P	Laminaria digitata P
Hemimycale columella P	Actinothoe sphyrodeta P	Pagurus bernhardus P	Electra pilosa P	Polycarpa scuba P	Plocamium cartilagineum P	Laminaria hyperborea P
Myxilla incrustans P	Caryophyllia smithii P	Cancer pagurus P	Flustra foliacea P	Botryllus schlosseri P	Ptilota gunneri P
Halichondria panicea P	ANNELIDA	MOLLUSCA	Securiflustra securifrons P	Botrylloides leachi P	Cryptopleura ramosa P