MBDP-NI: W of Signal Hill, Rathlin Is.

W of Signal Hill, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830613/02 Date: 1983-06-13 GPS: 55.27517,-6.21133. Depth: -16.0 to -17.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of boulder/cobble with sand between. Kelp & red algae not dense. Boulders rounded. Occassional limestone one.

Species list (31 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Clytia hemisphaerica	CRUSTACEA	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	Metacallophyllis laciniata	Phycodrys rubens
Hymedesmia paupertas	Obelia geniculata	Pandalus montagui	Membranipora membranacea	Didemnum sp.	Plocamium cartilagineum	Pterosiphonia parasitica
CNIDARIA	Caryophyllia smithii	Galathea squamifera	Parasmittina trispinosa	Polycarpa pomaria	Lomentaria orcadensis	CHROMOPHYTA
Tubularia indivisa	ANNELIDA	MOLLUSCA	ECHINODERMATA	Botryllus schlosseri	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata	Desmarestia aculeata
Bougainvillia ramosa	Sabella pavonina	Steromphala cineraria	Ophiothrix fragilis	RHODOPHYTA	Cryptopleura ramosa	Laminaria hyperborea
Sertularia argentea	Pomatoceros triqueter	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Echinus esculentus	Lithophyllum sp.	Delesseria sanguinea