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

Priority species

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/05 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.29500,-6.22500 [ View map ]

Site Description: Flat bedrock with fairly rough surface heavily silted and dense kelp forest. Interesting algae.

Species list (52 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Hemimycale columella
CNIDARIA
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
Cereus pedunculatus
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Candiella lineata
Antiopella cristata
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiura albida
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
RHODOPHYTA
Corallina officinalis
Calliblepharis ciliata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Meredithia microphylla
Phyllophora crispa
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Halurus flosculosus
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Drachiella spectabilis
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Hemimycale columella P
CNIDARIA
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
Cereus pedunculatus P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Candiella lineata P
Antiopella cristata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiura albida P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
RHODOPHYTA
Corallina officinalis P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Meredithia microphylla P
Phyllophora crispa P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Halurus flosculosus P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Drachiella spectabilis P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P