MBDP-NI: Site details Runabay Head, Cushendun.

Priority species

Runabay Head, Cushendun.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840530/02 Date: 1984-05-30 GPS: 55.17283,-6.03633 [ View map ]

Site Description: Pebble and gravel plain with scattered cobbles and boulder. Sparse Laminaria hyperborea. Stones covered with Lithothamnion.

Species list (47 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Sarsia sp.
Halecium muricatum
Sertularia argentea
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Testudinalia testudinalis
Patella pellucida
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Coryphella lineata
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Flustra foliacea
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Corella parallelogramma
Botryllus schlosseri
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Coccotylus truncata
Phyllophora crispa
Stenogramma interruptum
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Sarsia sp. P
Halecium muricatum P
Sertularia argentea P
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus hyndmanni P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Patella pellucida P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Coryphella lineata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Flustra foliacea P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Corella parallelogramma P
Botryllus schlosseri P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Coccotylus truncata P
Phyllophora crispa P
Stenogramma interruptum P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P