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

Priority species

Non-indigenous species

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

[Site list for year 1983]

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.

No images for site.

Species list (48 species recorded):

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

No biotope record.

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