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

Priority species

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 (20 species recorded):

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

No biotope record.

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