MBDP-NI: Site details West Lighthouse, Rathlin Is.

Priority species

West Lighthouse, Rathlin Is.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830617/01 Date: 1983-06-17 GPS: 55.30133,-6.28217 [ View map ]

Site Description: Semi stable boulder slope giving way to flat bedrock at 18m. Patches of scoured ground with basalt gravel. Open kelp park.

No images for site.

Species list (72 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Axinella infundibuliformis
Stelligera montagui
Polymastia boletiformis
Tethya citrina
Myxilla fimbriata
Myxilla incrustans
Halichondria panicea
Suberites carnosus
Haliclona urceolus
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Halecium halecinum
Halecium muricatum
Abietinaria abietina
Diphasia rosacea
Hydrallmania falcata
Sertularia argentea
Halopteris catharina
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Eledone cirrhosa
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Bicellariella ciliata
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Echinus esculentus
Pawsonia saxicola
TUNICATA
Aplidium nordmanni
Didemnum sp.
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa pomaria
Polycarpa scuba
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula
Pholis gunnellus
Pomatoschistus flavescens
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Phyllophora crispa
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria orcadensis
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Apoglossum ruscifolium
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
Stelligera montagui P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Tethya citrina P
Myxilla fimbriata P
Myxilla incrustans P
Halichondria panicea P
Suberites carnosus P
Haliclona urceolus P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Halecium halecinum P
Halecium muricatum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Diphasia rosacea P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Sertularia argentea P
Halopteris catharina P
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Eledone cirrhosa P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Echinus esculentus P
Pawsonia saxicola P
TUNICATA
Aplidium nordmanni P
Didemnum sp. P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Polycarpa scuba P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
Pholis gunnellus P
Pomatoschistus flavescens P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Phyllophora crispa P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Apoglossum ruscifolium P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P