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

Priority species

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 (40 species recorded):

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

No biotope record.

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