MBDP-NI: Site details E of Fair Head.

Priority species

E of Fair Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840619/05 Date: 1984-06-19 GPS: 55.22400,-6.13417 [ View map ]

Site Description: Very large boulders with kelp forest.

Species list (26 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Amphilectus fucorum
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp.
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Ptilota gunneri
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata
Desmarestia viridis
Alaria esculenta
Laminaria hyperborea
CHLOROPHYTA
Chaetomorpha melagonium

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Amphilectus fucorum P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp. P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Furcellaria lumbricalis P
Ptilota gunneri P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata P
Desmarestia viridis P
Alaria esculenta P
Laminaria hyperborea P
CHLOROPHYTA
Chaetomorpha melagonium P