MBDP-NI: Site details W of Farganlack Point, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

W of Farganlack Point, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840809/04 Date: 1984-08-09 GPS: 55.30750,-6.26267. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Large rockfaces somewhat scoured with lots of Lithothamnium & Dendrodoa.

Species list (40 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea
Stryphnus ponderosus
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Dercitus bucklandi
Hemimycale columella
Plocamilla coriacea
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Diphasia rosacea
Sertularia argentea
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Synarachnactis lloydii
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Bicellariella ciliata
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium nordmanni
Dendrodoa grossularia
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Cruoria cruoriaeformis
Dilsea carnosa
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Meredithia microphylla
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Lomentaria orcadensis
Ptilota gunneri
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Membranoptera alata
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea P
Stryphnus ponderosus P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Dercitus bucklandi P
Hemimycale columella P
Plocamilla coriacea P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Diphasia rosacea P
Sertularia argentea P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Bicellariella ciliata P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
TUNICATA
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Cruoria cruoriaeformis P
Dilsea carnosa P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Meredithia microphylla P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Ptilota gunneri P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Membranoptera alata P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P