Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

E Coast, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840813/01 Date: 1984-08-13 GPS: 55.28983,-6.16983 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow slope of limestone & igneous bedrock with boulders at bottom and leading to plain of fine sand.

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Species list (67 species recorded)

CNIDARIA Steromphala cineraria Echinus esculentus Lithophyllum sp. Phyllophora crispa Sphondylothamnion multifidum Odonthalia dentata
Obelia geniculata Calliostoma zizyphinum TUNICATA Schmitzia hiscockiana Phyllophora pseudoceranoides Heterosiphonia plumosa Polysiphonia stricta
Gonactinia prolifera BRYOZOA Clavelina lepadiformis Calliblepharis ciliata Schottera nicaeensis Acrosorium venulosum Pterosiphonia parasitica
Caryophyllia smithii Crisia denticulata Ascidiella aspersa Rhodophyllis divaricata Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Apoglossum ruscifolium Rhodomela confervoides
ANNELIDA Alcyonidium diaphanum PISCES Rhodophyllis werneri Plocamium cartilagineum Cryptopleura ramosa CHROMOPHYTA
Eupolymnia nebulosa Membranipora membranacea Scyliorhinus canicula Dilsea carnosa Lomentaria clavellosa Delesseria sanguinea Halopteris filicina
Pomatoceros triqueter Electra pilosa RHODOPHYTA Halarachnion ligulatum Lomentaria orcadensis Erythroglossum laciniatum Dictyota dichotoma
CRUSTACEA Parasmittina trispinosa Scinaia interrupta Chondrus crispus Rhodymenia pseudopalmata Hypoglossum hypoglossoides Desmarestia aculeata
Galathea nexa ECHINODERMATA Bonnemaisonia asparagoides Metacallophyllis laciniata Compsothamnion thuyoides Nitophyllum punctatum Laminaria hyperborea
Galathea strigosa Henricia oculata Bonnemaisonia intricata Kallymenia reniformis Halurus flosculosus Phycodrys rubens Saccharina latissima
MOLLUSCA Marthasterias glacialis Corallina officinalis Erythrodermis traillii Pterothamnion plumula Brongniartella byssoides Halidrys siliquosa

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