MBDP-NI: Site details N Side of Torr Head.

N Side of Torr Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830824/06 Date: 1983-08-24 GPS: 55.19867,-6.06667 [ View map ]

Site Description: Dense kelp forest on bedrock. Very few animals but rich underflora.

No images for site.

Species list and abundance (40 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Patella pellucida P	PISCES	Dilsea carnosa P	Plocamium cartilagineum P	Membranoptera alata P	Saccharina latissima P
PORIFERA	BRYOZOA	Taurulus bubalis P	Furcellaria lumbricalis P	Lomentaria articulata P	Odonthalia dentata P	Saccorhiza polyschides P
Halichondria panicea P	Membranipora membranacea P	RHODOPHYTA	Chondrus crispus P	Lomentaria clavellosa P	Polysiphonia fucoides P
CNIDARIA	Electra pilosa P	Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P	Metacallophyllis laciniata P	Halurus flosculosus P	CHROMOPHYTA
Obelia geniculata P	ECHINODERMATA	Bonnemaisonia intricata P	Kallymenia reniformis P	Ptilota gunneri P	Desmarestia viridis P
MOLLUSCA	Henricia oculata P	Palmaria palmata P	Phyllophora crispa P	Heterosiphonia plumosa P	Alaria esculenta P
Steromphala cineraria P	TUNICATA	Corallina officinalis P	Polyides rotundus P	Acrosorium venulosum P	Laminaria digitata P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Aplidium punctum P	Rhodophyllis divaricata P	Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P	Cryptopleura ramosa P	Laminaria hyperborea P