MBDP-NI: Site details NW Rinagree Point, Portstewart.

Priority species

NW Rinagree Point, Portstewart.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840705/06 Date: 1984-07-05 GPS: 55.19667,-6.69450 [ View map ]

Site Description: Small cliff extending from 10m. Thick kelp. Much Halichondria panicea.

Species list (62 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea
Grantia compressa
Leucosolenia sp.
Sycon ciliatum
Dysidea fragilis
Amphilectus fucorum
Myxilla incrustans
Halichondria bowerbanki
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea
Plumularia setacea
Obelia geniculata
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Testudinalia testudinalis
Tectura virginea
Patella pellucida
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta
Ocenebra erinacea
Mytilus edulis
BRYOZOA
Bicellariella ciliata
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
Morchellium argus
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium nordmanni
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Erythrodermis traillii
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Ptilota gunneri
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia sp.
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia ligulata
Desmarestia viridis
Alaria esculenta
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria hyperborea
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis plumosa

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea P
Grantia compressa P
Leucosolenia sp. P
Sycon ciliatum P
Dysidea fragilis P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Myxilla incrustans P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea P
Plumularia setacea P
Obelia geniculata P
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Tectura virginea P
Patella pellucida P
Lacuna (Epheria) vincta P
Ocenebra erinacea P
Mytilus edulis P
BRYOZOA
Bicellariella ciliata P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Morchellium argus P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Ptilota gunneri P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia sp. P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia ligulata P
Desmarestia viridis P
Alaria esculenta P
Laminaria digitata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis plumosa P