Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Altachuile Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830608/02 Date: 1983-06-08 GPS: 55.30833,-6.21967. Depth: -35.0 to -36.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Steep slope of well rounded boulders. Tubularia dominated.

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Species list and abundance (30 species recorded):

PORIFERA Ectopleura larynx P Obelia sp. P Pomatoceros triqueter P Bicellariella ciliata P Echinus esculentus P Ctenolabrus rupestris P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P Halecium halecinum P Rolandia coralloides P MOLLUSCA Parasmittina trispinosa P TUNICATA RHODOPHYTA
Myxilla fimbriata P Kirchenpaueria pinnata P Alcyonium digitatum P Calliostoma zizyphinum P Omalosecosa ramulosa P Ciona intestinalis P Lithophyllum sp. P
Haliclona urceolus P Nemertesia antennina P Actinothoe sphyrodeta P Polycera faeroensis P ECHINODERMATA Ascidia mentula P
CNIDARIA Nemertesia ramosa P Caryophyllia smithii P BRYOZOA Henricia oculata P Botryllus schlosseri P
Tubularia indivisa P Aglaophenia tubulifera P ANNELIDA Crisia eburnea P Marthasterias glacialis P PISCES

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