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

W of Church Bay, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830616/07 Date: 1983-06-16 GPS: 55.29483,-6.22650 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of rippled sand. Few infauna occasional pebbles with algae mainly Desmarestia aculeata.

Species list and abundance (20 species recorded):

Biotope 1	ANNELIDA	CRUSTACEA	Asterias rubens P	Palmaria palmata P	Ceramium sp. P	Phycodrys rubens P
CNIDARIA	Chaetopterus variopedatus P	Pagurus bernhardus P	PISCES	Phyllophora crispa P	Cryptopleura ramosa P	CHROMOPHYTA
Obelia geniculata P	Arenicola marina P	Corystes cassivelaunus P	Pleuronectes platessa P	Lomentaria clavellosa P	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P	Desmarestia aculeata P
Synarachnactis lloydii P	Lanice conchilega P	ECHINODERMATA	RHODOPHYTA	Antithamnion cruciatum P	Nitophyllum punctatum P	Saccharina latissima P