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

Priority species

NE of Ushet Point, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830615/04 Date: 1983-06-15 GPS: 55.26567,-6.17233. Depth: -27.0 to -28.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow plain with boulder/ cobbles on mud gravel and small patch of horizontal bedrock.

Species list (35 species recorded):

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
Stelligera stuposa P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Plumularia setacea P
Calliactis palliata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus chiroacanthus P
Pagurus prideaux P
Hyas coarctatus P
MOLLUSCA
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Antiopella cristata P
Coryphella lineata P
BRYOZOA
Flustra foliacea P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Omalosecosa ramulosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Amphipholis squamata P
Psammechinus miliaris P
TUNICATA
Synoicum pulmonaria P
Didemnum sp. P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Botrylloides leachi P
RHODOPHYTA
Phyllophora crispa P
Acrosorium venulosum P