MBDP-NI: Site details E of Black Rock, Rathlin Is.

Priority species

E of Black Rock, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830610/04 Date: 1983-06-10 GPS: 55.29050,-6.25550 [ View map ]

Site Description: Heavily silted large boulders. Small boulders between. Very little fauna.

Species list (47 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa
CNIDARIA
Ectopleura larynx
Clytia hemisphaerica
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Eupolymnia nebulosa
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni
Galathea squamifera
Necora puber
Xantho pilipes
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura
Steromphala cineraria
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Pododesmus patelliformis
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Electra pilosa
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Porania pulvillus
Henricia oculata
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp.
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidia conchilega
Styela coriacea
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Lithophyllum sp.
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria articulata
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Chaetomorpha melagonium

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa P
CNIDARIA
Ectopleura larynx P
Clytia hemisphaerica P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Eupolymnia nebulosa P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni P
Galathea squamifera P
Necora puber P
Xantho pilipes P
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura P
Steromphala cineraria P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Electra pilosa P
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Porania pulvillus P
Henricia oculata P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp. P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidia conchilega P
Styela coriacea P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria articulata P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Chaetomorpha melagonium P