MBDP-NI: Site details W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Priority species

Invasive species

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/03 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.28400,-6.22833. Depth: -31.0 to -32.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sediment plain with small boulders and posssibly bedrock beneath. Loose living Caryophyllia smithii on sediment.

Species list (37 species recorded):

PORIFERA	Diphasia margareta	Aglaophenia tubulifera	CRUSTACEA	Eubranchus tricolor	ECHINODERMATA	Ascidiella scabra
Polymastia boletiformis	Diphasia rosacea	Rhizocaulus verticillatus	Anapagurus hyndmanni	Pecten maximus	Antedon bifida	RHODOPHYTA
Iophon hyndmani	Sertularella gayi	Caryophyllia smithii	Hyas coarctatus	Aequipecten opercularis	Ophiura albida	Stenogramme interrupta
CNIDARIA	Sertularella polyzonias	ANNELIDA	MOLLUSCA	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	Delesseria sanguinea
Tubularia indivisa	Sertularia argentea	Lanice conchilega	Leptochiton asellus	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Polyclinum aurantium
Halecium beanii	Nemertesia antennina	Sabella pavonina	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Flustra foliacea	Synoicum pulmonaria
Halecium halecinum	Nemertesia ramosa	Pomatoceros triqueter	Diaphoreolis viridis	Cellaria sinuosa	Corella parallelogramma

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia boletiformis P
Iophon hyndmani P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Halecium beanii P
Halecium halecinum P
Diphasia margareta P
Diphasia rosacea P
Sertularella gayi P
Sertularella polyzonias P
Sertularia argentea P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Aglaophenia tubulifera P
Rhizocaulus verticillatus P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega P
Sabella pavonina P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni P
Hyas coarctatus P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Diaphoreolis viridis P
Eubranchus tricolor P
Pecten maximus P
Aequipecten opercularis P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Flustra foliacea P
Cellaria sinuosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Ophiura albida P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Synoicum pulmonaria P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella scabra P
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramme interrupta P
Delesseria sanguinea P