MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Helens Bay, Belfast Lough.

Priority species

NW of Helens Bay, Belfast Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840515/02 Date: 1984-05-15 GPS: 54.67217,-5.76000 [ View map ]

Site Description: Small boulders with cover of small kelp plants. Some patches of sand/gravel.

Species list (16 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Halichondria panicea
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Venerupis corrugata
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Callionymus lyra
RHODOPHYTA
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Erythrodermis traillii
Lomentaria clavellosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Phycodrys rubens
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Halichondria panicea P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Venerupis corrugata P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
TUNICATA
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Callionymus lyra P
RHODOPHYTA
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Phycodrys rubens P
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P