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

Priority species

Rue Point, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840808/07 Date: 1984-08-08 GPS: 55.25717,-6.18917 [ View map ]

Site Description: Irregular bed rock with small gullies and areas of cobble. Very dense kelp forest.

Species list (38 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Amphilectus fucorum
Hemimycale columella
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Filograna implexa
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Cadlina laevis
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Bicellariella ciliata
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Marthasterias glacialis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp.
Botryllus schlosseri
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Cruoria sp.
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Erythrodermis traillii
Schottera nicaeensis
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Hemimycale columella P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea P
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Filograna implexa P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Cadlina laevis P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Bicellariella ciliata P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp. P
Botryllus schlosseri P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Cruoria sp. P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P