MBDP-NI: Site details N of Deserted Collieries, Fair Head.

N of Deserted Collieries, Fair Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840619/07 Date: 1984-06-19 GPS: 55.22433,-6.17500. Depth: -26.0 to -27.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble & pebble slope with ridges of boulders. Ophiothrix dominated.

Species list and abundance (47 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Tubularia indivisa P	Aglaophenia tubulifera P	MOLLUSCA	Eledone cirrhosa P	Ophiocomina nigra P	Phyllophora crispa P
PORIFERA	Abietinaria abietina P	Rhizocaulus verticillatus P	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	BRYOZOA	Echinus esculentus P	Cryptopleura ramosa P
Amphilectus fucorum P	Hydrallmania falcata P	Alcyonium digitatum P	Testudinalia testudinalis P	Crisia eburnea P	TUNICATA	Delesseria sanguinea P
Hemimycale columella P	Sertularella gayi P	Cylista elegans P	Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P	Bicellariella ciliata P	Polyclinum aurantium P
Hymedesmia paupertas P	Sertularia argentea P	ANNELIDA	Doto dunnei P	Parasmittina trispinosa P	Synoicum pulmonaria P
Mycale rotalis P	Halopteris catharina P	Chaetopterus variopedatus P	Doto fragilis P	ECHINODERMATA	Aplidium punctum P
Myxilla rosacea P	Kirchenpaueria pinnata P	CRUSTACEA	Coryphella lineata P	Porania pulvillus P	Corella parallelogramma P
Haliclona sp. P	Nemertesia antennina P	Galathea nexa P	Catriona gymnota P	Leptasterias muelleri P	Polycarpa scuba P
CNIDARIA	Nemertesia ramosa P	Cancer pagurus P	Eubranchus tricolor P	Ophiothrix fragilis P	RHODOPHYTA