MBDP-NI: Site details Barkley Rocks, Millisle.

Priority species

Barkley Rocks, Millisle.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840731/05 Date: 1984-07-31 GPS: 54.59650,-5.50883. Depth: -2.0 to -2.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock outcropplng from sand plain. Heavily silted rock and algae. Sand with Lanice dominant.

Species list (50 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Leuconia nivea
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea
Anemonia viridis
Urticina felina
ANNELIDA
Arenicola marina
Lanice conchilega
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Galathea squamifera
Pisidia longicornis
Hyas araneus
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Taurulus bubalis
Callionymus lyra
RHODOPHYTA
Ahnfeltia plicata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Cystoclonium purpureum
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Polyides rotundus
Plocamium cartilagineum
Ceramium sp.
Halurus flosculosus
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata
Chorda filum
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp.
Ulva lactuca
Chaetomorpha melagonium
Cladophora sp.

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Leuconia nivea P
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea P
Anemonia viridis P
Urticina felina P
ANNELIDA
Arenicola marina P
Lanice conchilega P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Galathea squamifera P
Pisidia longicornis P
Hyas araneus P
Cancer pagurus P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Taurulus bubalis P
Callionymus lyra P
RHODOPHYTA
Ahnfeltia plicata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Cystoclonium purpureum P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Polyides rotundus P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Ceramium sp. P
Halurus flosculosus P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata P
Chorda filum P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp. P
Ulva lactuca P
Chaetomorpha melagonium P
Cladophora sp. P