MBDP-NI: Site details Craigbrain, Ballywalter.

Priority species

Craigbrain, Ballywalter.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840801/07 Date: 1984-08-01 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 (45 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum
Halichondria panicea
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Abietinaria abietina
Urticina felina
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Hyas araneus
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Testudinalia testudinalis
Antiopella cristata
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Bugulina flabellata
Parasmittina trispinosa
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Dendrodoa grossularia
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyra sp.
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Plocamium cartilagineum
Ceramium sp.
Ptilota gunneri
Cryptopleura ramosa
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum P
Halichondria panicea P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Abietinaria abietina P
Urticina felina P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Hyas araneus P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Antiopella cristata P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Bugulina flabellata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Dendrodoa grossularia P
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus P
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyra sp. P
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Ceramium sp. P
Ptilota gunneri P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P