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West Lighthouse, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/01 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.30167,-6.28400 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow sloping even limestone bedrock pitted surface in places. Some areas of boulders particularly deeper. Kelp park with short stipes to -25m.

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Species list (78 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Axinella infundibuliformis
Stelligera montagui
Polymastia boletiformis
Tethya citrina
Cliona celata
Hemimycale columella
Myxilla incrustans
Halichondria bowerbanki
Suberites carnosus
Haliclona urceolus
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Halecium halecinum
Abietinaria abietina
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus pubescens
Galathea squamifera
Galathea strigosa
Pisidia longicornis
Hyas coarctatus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Doto fragilis
Polycera faeroensis
Cadlina laevis
Archidoris pseudoargus
Antiopella cristata
Edmundsella pedata
Pododesmus patelliformis
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Securiflustra securifrons
Crisularia purpurotincta
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
Cellaria sinuosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiactis balli
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Polyclinum aurantium
Synoicum pulmonaria
Aplidium nordmanni
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa pomaria
Polycarpa scuba
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
Pyura sp.
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
Stelligera montagui P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Tethya citrina P
Cliona celata P
Hemimycale columella P
Myxilla incrustans P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Suberites carnosus P
Haliclona urceolus P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Halecium halecinum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus pubescens P
Galathea squamifera P
Galathea strigosa P
Pisidia longicornis P
Hyas coarctatus P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Doto fragilis P
Polycera faeroensis P
Cadlina laevis P
Archidoris pseudoargus P
Antiopella cristata P
Edmundsella pedata P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Crisularia purpurotincta P
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans P
Cellaria sinuosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiactis balli P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Polyclinum aurantium P
Synoicum pulmonaria P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Ascidia conchilega P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Polycarpa scuba P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
Pyura sp. P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea P

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