MBDP-NI: Site details E Coast, Rathlin Is.

Priority species

E Coast, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830615/06 Date: 1983-06-15 GPS: 55.28683,-6.17317 [ View map ]

Site Description: Steep bedrock slope with thick kelp forest. Heavily silted.

Species list (41 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia botryoides
Sycon ciliatum
Hemimycale columella
CNIDARIA
Caryophyllia smithii
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Antiopella cristata
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Meredithia microphylla
Schottera nicaeensis
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia botryoides P
Sycon ciliatum P
Hemimycale columella P
CNIDARIA
Caryophyllia smithii P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Antiopella cristata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Meredithia microphylla P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P