MBDP-NI: Site details E Coast, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

E Coast, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840813/02 Date: 1984-08-13 GPS: 55.28433,-6.16667 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow slope if boulder and consolidated cobble with occasional outcrops of bed rock. Rich in hydroids.

Species list (41 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Dysidea fragilis
Axinella infundibuliformis
CNIDARIA
Abietinaria abietina
Sertularia argentea
Halopteris catharina
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Aglaophenia tubulifera
Calliactis palliata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Acanthicolepis asperrima
Harmothoe extenuata
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus prideaux
Inachus phalangium
MOLLUSCA
Eubranchus tricolor
Tetrarca tetragona
Pecten maximus
Talochlamys pusio
Pododesmus patelliformis
Venus casina
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Securiflustra securifrons
Bicellariella ciliata
Cellaria fistulosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
Omalosecosa ramulosa
ECHINODERMATA
Luidia ciliaris
Porania pulvillus
Crossaster papposus
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiocomina nigra
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella scabra
Ascidia virginea
Pyura tessellata
Molgula manhattensis

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Dysidea fragilis P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
CNIDARIA
Abietinaria abietina P
Sertularia argentea P
Halopteris catharina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Aglaophenia tubulifera P
Calliactis palliata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Acanthicolepis asperrima P
Harmothoe extenuata P
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus prideaux P
Inachus phalangium P
MOLLUSCA
Eubranchus tricolor P
Tetrarca tetragona P
Pecten maximus P
Talochlamys pusio P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
Venus casina P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Cellaria fistulosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
Omalosecosa ramulosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Luidia ciliaris P
Porania pulvillus P
Crossaster papposus P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella scabra P
Ascidia virginea P
Pyura tessellata P
Molgula manhattensis P