MBDP-NI: Site details N Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Priority species

N Black Rock, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840703/07 Date: 1984-07-03 GPS: 55.22500,-6.61717 [ View map ]

Site Description: Ledges and terraced bedrock in kelp. Ascidians dominant on rock.

Species list (47 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Myxilla incrustans
Myxilla rosacea
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Plumularia setacea
Obelia geniculata
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
Corynactis viridis
Caryophyllia smithii
MOLLUSCA
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Polycera faeroensis
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Polyclinum aurantium
Synoicum sp.
Morchellium argus
Sidnyum sp.
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium glabrum
Aplidium nordmanni
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Polycarpa gracilis
Polycarpa scuba
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Molgula citrina
Molgula complanata
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria orcadensis
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Myxilla incrustans P
Myxilla rosacea P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Plumularia setacea P
Obelia geniculata P
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
Corynactis viridis P
Caryophyllia smithii P
MOLLUSCA
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Polycera faeroensis P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Asterias rubens P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Polyclinum aurantium P
Synoicum sp. P
Morchellium argus P
Sidnyum sp. P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium glabrum P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Polycarpa gracilis P
Polycarpa scuba P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Molgula citrina P
Molgula complanata P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea P