MBDP-NI: Site details NE of Altacarry Head, Rathlin Is.

Priority species

NE of Altacarry Head, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830615/07 Date: 1983-06-15 GPS: 55.30200,-6.16733. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock mostly flat topped and in small ledges. Occasional pile of mobile cobbles. Kelp fairly dense and very tall.

Species list (74 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Stelligera montagui
Hemimycale columella
Halichondria panicea
Haliclona sp.
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Phellia gausapata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Nereis pelagica
Pomatoceros triqueter
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni
Pagurus bernhardus
Galathea squamifera
Pisidia longicornis
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Tricolia (Tricolia) pullus
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Patella pellucida
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Coryphella lineata
Facelina auriculata
Musculus costulatus
Musculus discors
Pododesmus patelliformis
BRYOZOA
Crisidia cornuta
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Bugulina flabellata
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
Morchellium argus
Didemnum sp.
Polycarpa scuba
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Palmaria palmata
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Halarachnion ligulatum
Kallymenia reniformis
Coccotylus truncata
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Membranoptera alata
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Stelligera montagui P
Hemimycale columella P
Halichondria panicea P
Haliclona sp. P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Phellia gausapata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Nereis pelagica P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Galathea squamifera P
Pisidia longicornis P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Tricolia (Tricolia) pullus P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Patella pellucida P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Coryphella lineata P
Facelina auriculata P
Musculus costulatus P
Musculus discors P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
BRYOZOA
Crisidia cornuta P
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Bugulina flabellata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Morchellium argus P
Didemnum sp. P
Polycarpa scuba P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Palmaria palmata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Coccotylus truncata P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Membranoptera alata P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P