Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

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.

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Species list (40 species recorded)

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