Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

NW of Torr Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830826/01 Date: 1983-08-26 GPS: 55.20783,-6.08767. Depth: -25.0 to -26.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of cobble and small boulders. Abundant red algae "pinhead squirt".

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Species list (49 species recorded)

PORIFERA Sertularella gayi Chaetopterus variopedatus Crisia denticulata Ophiocomina nigra Polycarpa pomaria Metacallophyllis laciniata
Polymastia boletiformis Sertularia argentea Pomatoceros triqueter Vesicularia spinosa Ophiura albida Polycarpa scuba Acrosorium venulosum
Suberites carnosus Kirchenpaueria pinnata MOLLUSCA Flustra foliacea Echinus esculentus Botryllus schlosseri CHROMOPHYTA
Mycale rotalis Nemertesia antennina Calliostoma zizyphinum Securiflustra securifrons TUNICATA PISCES Dictyota dichotoma
Halichondria bowerbanki Nemertesia ramosa Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata Parasmittina trispinosa Sidnyum sp. Scyliorhinus canicula Laminaria hyperborea
Dysidea fragilis Plumularia setacea Cuthonella concinna ECHINODERMATA Aplidium glabrum Callionymus lyra
CNIDARIA Aglaophenia tubulifera Eubranchus tricolor Crossaster papposus Corella parallelogramma RHODOPHYTA
Tubularia indivisa Obelia geniculata Musculus discors Henricia oculata Ascidia mentula Porphyropsis coccinea
Hydrallmania falcata ANNELIDA BRYOZOA Leptasterias muelleri Ascidia virginea Lithophyllum sp.

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