Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

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.

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Species list (43 species recorded)

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

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