MBDP-NI: Site details SE of Kinbane Head, Ballycastle.

Priority species

SE of Kinbane Head, Ballycastle.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840620/03 Date: 1984-06-20 GPS: 55.22033,-6.26533 [ View map ]

Site Description: Area of boulder with patches of cobble in sand and some sand gravel patches.

Species list (62 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Amphilectus fucorum
Myxilla incrustans
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Polinices pulchellus
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Bicellariella ciliata
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum
Ascidiella aspersa
Polycarpa pomaria
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyropsis coccinea
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Dilsea carnosa
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Erythrodermis traillii
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Ceramium sp.
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Drachiella spectabilis
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Myxilla incrustans P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Polinices pulchellus P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyropsis coccinea P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Dilsea carnosa P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Ceramium sp. P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Drachiella spectabilis P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P