MBDP-NI: Site details Benbane Head.

Priority species

Benbane Head.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840704/03 Date: 1984-07-04 GPS: 55.25017,-6.48833 [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock with patches of clean sand between. Furcellaria common on lower rock. Laminaria hyperborea dominant.

Species list (60 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Stelligera stuposa
Tethya citrina
Phorbas fictitius
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Urticina felina
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Patella pellucida
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Okenia nodosa
Limacia clavigera
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa
Bicellariella ciliata
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Leptasterias muelleri
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium nordmanni
Aplidium punctum
Polycarpa scuba
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula
Labrus bergylta
RHODOPHYTA
Ahnfeltia plicata
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Dilsea carnosa
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Meredithia microphylla
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Membranoptera alata
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Radicilingua thysanorhizans
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Stelligera stuposa P
Tethya citrina P
Phorbas fictitius P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Urticina felina P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Patella pellucida P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Okenia nodosa P
Limacia clavigera P
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa P
Bicellariella ciliata P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Leptasterias muelleri P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Aplidium punctum P
Polycarpa scuba P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
Labrus bergylta P
RHODOPHYTA
Ahnfeltia plicata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Furcellaria lumbricalis P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Meredithia microphylla P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Membranoptera alata P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Radicilingua thysanorhizans P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P