Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Benbane Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840704/02 Date: 1984-07-04 GPS: 55.25133,-6.48933 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulders and cobbles with abundant barnacles sand scour evident. Radicilingua thysanorhizans.

Species list (57 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Necora puber	Membranipora membranacea	Henricia oculata	Ascidiella scabra	Phyllophora pseudoceranoides	Radicilingua thysanorhizans
Polymastia penicillus	MOLLUSCA	Electra pilosa	Leptasterias muelleri	Polycarpa scuba	Plocamium cartilagineum	Brongniartella byssoides
Halichondria panicea	Steromphala cineraria	Flustra foliacea	Echinus esculentus	Dendrodoa grossularia	Lomentaria orcadensis	Polysiphonia stricta
CNIDARIA	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Securiflustra securifrons	TUNICATA	Botryllus schlosseri	Compsothamnion thuyoides	Pterosiphonia parasitica
Halecium halecinum	Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata	Bugulina flabellata	Clavelina lepadiformis	Botrylloides leachi	Heterosiphonia plumosa	CHROMOPHYTA
Obelia geniculata	Diaphorodoris luteocincta	Crisularia plumosa	Polyclinum aurantium	PISCES	Acrosorium venulosum	Dictyota dichotoma
Urticina felina	Antiopella cristata	Bicellariella ciliata	Morchellium argus	Scyliorhinus canicula	Cryptopleura ramosa	Laminaria hyperborea
Caryophyllia smithii	BRYOZOA	Scrupocellaria scruposa	Sidnyum turbinatum	RHODOPHYTA	Delesseria sanguinea
CRUSTACEA	Crisia denticulata	ECHINODERMATA	Aplidium nordmanni	Metacallophyllis laciniata	Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Balanus crenatus	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Crossaster papposus	Aplidium punctum	Kallymenia reniformis	Phycodrys rubens