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

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/04 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.28633,-6.22733. Depth: -25.0 to -26.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sand very shallow in some places rock underneath. Many shell fragments in sand including fresh Artica.

Species list and abundance (29 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Corymorpha nutans P	ANNELIDA	Pagurus bernhardus P	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	Polyclinum aurantium P	RHODOPHYTA
PORIFERA	Tubularia indivisa P	Chaetopterus variopedatus P	Corystes cassivelaunus P	Flustra foliacea P	Corella parallelogramma P	Stenogramme interrupta P
Stelligera stuposa P	Nemertesia antennina P	Lanice conchilega P	Polybius depurator P	Securiflustra securifrons P	Botryllus schlosseri P	Delesseria sanguinea P
Polymastia boletiformis P	Urticina felina P	Sabella pavonina P	MOLLUSCA	ECHINODERMATA	PISCES	Polysiphonia stricta P
Polymastia penicillus P	Cylista elegans P	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P	Ophiura albida P	Lophius piscatorius P
CNIDARIA	Caryophyllia smithii P	CRUSTACEA	BRYOZOA	TUNICATA	Pleuronectes platessa P