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

Priority species

Bull Point, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840808/04 Date: 1984-08-08 GPS: 55.29350,-6.28817 [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock and large boulders with large kelp plants and good algal diversity.

Species list (49 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Aplysilla sulfurea
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Hemimycale columella
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Abietinaria abietina
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Polycera quadrilineata
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Bugulina flabellata
Bicellariella ciliata
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Labrus bergylta
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Rhodophyllis werneri
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Ptilota gunneri
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Radicilingua thysanorhizans
Odonthalia dentata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Aplysilla sulfurea P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Hemimycale columella P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Abietinaria abietina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Polycera quadrilineata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Bugulina flabellata P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Labrus bergylta P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Ptilota gunneri P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Radicilingua thysanorhizans P
Odonthalia dentata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P