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

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/06 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.29517,-6.22433. Depth: -3.0 to -3.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble/boulder slope with dense kelp. Boulders clean and mobile heavily covered with Lithothamnium.

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Species list and abundance (48 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Pagurus bernhardus P	Electra pilosa P	Dilsea carnosa P	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P	Odonthalia dentata P	CHLOROPHYTA
PORIFERA	MOLLUSCA	TUNICATA	Chondrus crispus P	Ceramium sp. P	Polysiphonia stricta P	Ulva sp. P
Amphilectus fucorum P	Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea P	Aplidium punctum P	Metacallophyllis laciniata P	Halurus flosculosus P	Pterosiphonia parasitica P	Ulva lactuca P
Halichondria panicea P	Steromphala cineraria P	Didemnum sp. P	Kallymenia reniformis P	Ptilota gunneri P	CHROMOPHYTA	Chaetomorpha melagonium P
Haliclona sp. P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Dendrodoa grossularia P	Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P	Cryptopleura ramosa P	Halopteris filicina P
CNIDARIA	Lacuna (Epheria) vincta P	Botryllus schlosseri P	Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P	Drachiella spectabilis P	Dictyota dichotoma P
Urticina felina P	Elysia viridis P	RHODOPHYTA	Plocamium cartilagineum P	Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P	Alaria esculenta P
Cylista elegans P	Jorunna tomentosa P	Corallina officinalis P	Lomentaria articulata P	Membranoptera alata P	Laminaria digitata P
CRUSTACEA	BRYOZOA	Lithophyllum sp. P	Lomentaria clavellosa P	Phycodrys rubens P	Laminaria hyperborea P