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NW Portstewart Point.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840705/07 Date: 1984-07-05 GPS: 55.19050,-6.72250. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Rugged bed rock with many small gullies and vertical surfaces. Dense kelp forest.

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Species list (89 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa
Leucosolenia sp.
Dysidea fragilis
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Cliona celata
Amphilectus fucorum
Myxilla incrustans
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Sertularia argentea
Plumularia setacea
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
Cylista elegans
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Eurynome spinosa
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Ocenebra erinacea
Acanthodoris pilosa
Archidoris pseudoargus
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Bugulina flabellata
Bugulina turbinata
Crisularia plumosa
Bicellariella ciliata
Scrupocellaria scruposa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Marthasterias glacialis
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Polyclinum aurantium
Morchellium argus
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium nordmanni
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Diplosoma listerianum
Polycarpa scuba
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Cordylecladia erecta
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Ptilota gunneri
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
Rhodomela confervoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Desmarestia ligulata
Desmarestia viridis
Laminaria hyperborea
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca
Chaetomorpha melagonium
Bryopsis plumosa

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa P
Leucosolenia sp. P
Dysidea fragilis P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Cliona celata P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Myxilla incrustans P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Sertularia argentea P
Plumularia setacea P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
Cylista elegans P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Eurynome spinosa P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Ocenebra erinacea P
Acanthodoris pilosa P
Archidoris pseudoargus P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Bugulina flabellata P
Bugulina turbinata P
Crisularia plumosa P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Scrupocellaria scruposa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Marthasterias glacialis P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Polyclinum aurantium P
Morchellium argus P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Polycarpa scuba P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Furcellaria lumbricalis P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Cordylecladia erecta P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Ptilota gunneri P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
Rhodomela confervoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Desmarestia ligulata P
Desmarestia viridis P
Laminaria hyperborea P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P
Chaetomorpha melagonium P
Bryopsis plumosa P

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