MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Torr Head.

Priority species

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".

Species list (49 species recorded):

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

No biotope record.

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