MBDP-NI: Site details W of Craigbrain, Ballywalter.

Priority species

W of Craigbrain, Ballywalter.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840731/07 Date: 1984-07-31 GPS: 54.57067,-5.46900 [ View map ]

Site Description: Ridges of bedrock with gullies between. Dense kelp forest. All surfaces very heavily silted.

Species list (48 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Anemonia viridis
Urticina felina
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida
Steromphala cineraria
Testudinalia testudinalis
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiura albida
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Taurulus bubalis
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Ahnfeltia plicata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Erythrodermis traillii
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria articulata
Cordylecladia erecta
Ceramium sp.
Halurus flosculosus
Ptilota gunneri
Cryptopleura ramosa
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia sp.
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Scytosiphon lomentaria
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Chorda filum
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
Halidrys siliquosa
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp.
Ulva lactuca
Chaetomorpha melagonium
Cladophora sp.
Cladophora rupestris

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Anemonia viridis P
Urticina felina P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P
Steromphala cineraria P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiura albida P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Taurulus bubalis P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Ahnfeltia plicata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria articulata P
Cordylecladia erecta P
Ceramium sp. P
Halurus flosculosus P
Ptilota gunneri P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia sp. P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Scytosiphon lomentaria P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Chorda filum P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
Halidrys siliquosa P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp. P
Ulva lactuca P
Chaetomorpha melagonium P
Cladophora sp. P
Cladophora rupestris P