Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

W Rue Point, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840813/04 Date: 1984-08-13 GPS: 55.26517,-6.20100 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of pebble and gravel with scattered big boulders. Occasional large kelp plants. Echinus very abundant. Red algae dominant. No silt.

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Species list (60 species recorded)

CNIDARIA MOLLUSCA Alcyonidium diaphanum Ophiothrix fragilis Schmitzia hiscockiana Lomentaria orcadensis Phycodrys rubens
Tubularia indivisa Leptochiton asellus Parasmittina trispinosa Echinus esculentus Calliblepharis ciliata Compsothamnion thuyoides Brongniartella byssoides
Sertularia argentea Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura ECHINODERMATA TUNICATA Rhodophyllis werneri Pterothamnion plumula Odonthalia dentata
Caryophyllia smithii Steromphala cineraria Luidia ciliaris Clavelina lepadiformis Halarachnion ligulatum Heterosiphonia plumosa Pterosiphonia parasitica
ANNELIDA Calliostoma zizyphinum Solaster endeca RHODOPHYTA Metacallophyllis laciniata Acrosorium venulosum CHROMOPHYTA
Chaetopterus variopedatus Lacuna (Epheria) vincta Crossaster papposus Scinaia interrupta Kallymenia reniformis Apoglossum ruscifolium Dictyota dichotoma
Pomatoceros triqueter Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata Henricia oculata Bonnemaisonia asparagoides Phyllophora crispa Cryptopleura ramosa Desmarestia aculeata
CRUSTACEA Aequipecten opercularis Asterias rubens Bonnemaisonia intricata Schottera nicaeensis Delesseria sanguinea Desmarestia ligulata
Munida rugosa Eledone cirrhosa Leptasterias muelleri Corallina officinalis Plocamium cartilagineum Hypoglossum hypoglossoides Laminaria hyperborea
Cancer pagurus BRYOZOA Marthasterias glacialis Lithophyllum sp. Lomentaria clavellosa Nitophyllum punctatum

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