MBDP-NI: Site details Rue Point, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

Rue Point, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840807/04 Date: 1984-08-07 GPS: 55.25533,-6.18867. Depth: -26.0 to -27.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobble slope fairly stable with abundant Sertularia argentea.

Species list (52 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Phorbas fictitius
Myxilla incrustans
Haliclona sp.
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Halecium halecinum
Abietinaria abietina
Sertularia argentea
Halopteris catharina
Nemertesia antennina
Plumularia setacea
Alcyonium digitatum
Cylista elegans
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Galathea nexa
Pisidia longicornis
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
Pilumnus hirtellus
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Cadlina laevis
BRYOZOA
Cellaria fistulosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Labrus mixtus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Rhodophyllis werneri
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Radicilingua thysanorhizans
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Phorbas fictitius P
Myxilla incrustans P
Haliclona sp. P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Halecium halecinum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Sertularia argentea P
Halopteris catharina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Plumularia setacea P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Cylista elegans P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Galathea nexa P
Pisidia longicornis P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
Pilumnus hirtellus P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Cadlina laevis P
BRYOZOA
Cellaria fistulosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Labrus mixtus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Radicilingua thysanorhizans P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P