MBDP-NI: Site details S of Ballygalley Head.

S of Ballygalley Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840626/02 Date: 1984-06-26 GPS: 54.89200,-5.82450 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plains of firm sediment with many dead Glycymeris shells and a sprinkling of maerl. Bryozoa quite varied and plentiful.

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Species list and abundance (57 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Halecium halecinum P	ANNELIDA	Hyas coarctatus P	Eledone cirrhosa P	Asterias rubens P	Botrylloides leachi P
PORIFERA	Hydrallmania falcata P	Harmothoe mcintoshi P	Necora puber P	BRYOZOA	Leptasterias muelleri P	Pyura sp. P
Sycon ciliatum P	Sertularella gayi P	Chaetopterus variopedatus P	MOLLUSCA	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	Ophiura albida P	Pyura tessellata P
Cliona celata P	Nemertesia ramosa P	Lanice conchilega P	Leptochiton asellus P	Vesicularia spinosa P	Echinus esculentus P	RHODOPHYTA
Amphilectus fucorum P	Plumularia setacea P	Sabella pavonina P	Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P	Flustra foliacea P	TUNICATA	Phymatolithon calcareum P
Myxilla rosacea P	Rhizocaulus verticillatus P	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Steromphala cineraria P	Securiflustra securifrons P	Distaplia rosea P	Phyllophora crispa P
Suberites carnosus P	Urticina eques P	CRUSTACEA	Calliostoma zizyphinum P	Cellaria fistulosa P	Corella parallelogramma P	CHROMOPHYTA
CNIDARIA	Stomphia coccinea P	Anapagurus hyndmanni P	Tectura virginea P	Parasmittina trispinosa P	Ascidiella scabra P	Laminaria hyperborea P
Corymorpha nutans P	Cylista elegans P	Pagurus prideaux P	Trophon truncatus P	ECHINODERMATA	Polycarpa pomaria P
Tubularia indivisa P	Calliactis palliata P	Pagurus pubescens P	Glycymeris glycymeris P	Crossaster papposus P	Dendrodoa grossularia P