MBDP-NI: Site details Carnlough Bay.

Priority species

Carnlough Bay.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830817/04 Date: 1983-08-17 GPS: 54.98833,-5.97800 [ View map ]

Site Description: Zostera marina on sand with numerous worm casts. Abundant tufts of Compsothamnion thuyoides and Pterosiphonia plumula.

Species list (15 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Polybius depurator
MOLLUSCA
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
ECHINODERMATA
Oestergrenia digitata
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyropsis coccinea
Antithamnionella spirographidis
Ceramium sp.
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Pterothamnion plumula
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva intestinalis
Ulva lactuca
ANGIOSPERMAE
Zostera marina

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Polybius depurator P
MOLLUSCA
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
ECHINODERMATA
Oestergrenia digitata P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus P
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyropsis coccinea P
Antithamnionella spirographidis P
Ceramium sp. P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Pterothamnion plumula P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva intestinalis P
Ulva lactuca P
ANGIOSPERMAE
Zostera marina P