MBDP-NI: Site details Arkill Bay, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

Arkill Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840807/06 Date: 1984-08-07 GPS: 55.27917,-6.16967 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulders with areas of sand and cobble, thick kelp, heavily silted.

Species list (43 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Haliclona urceolus
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Gonactinia prolifera
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Calliactis palliata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus prideaux
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura
Diodora graeca
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida
Steromphala cineraria
Trivia arctica
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Facelina auriculata
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria orcadensis
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis plumosa

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Haliclona urceolus P
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Gonactinia prolifera P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Calliactis palliata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus prideaux P
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura P
Diodora graeca P
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P
Steromphala cineraria P
Trivia arctica P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Facelina auriculata P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Echinus esculentus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis plumosa P