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

Priority species

E Coast, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840813/07 Date: 1984-08-13 GPS: 55.28683,-6.17317 [ View map ]

Site Description: Steep bedrock slope with thick kelp forest. Heavily silted.

Species list (37 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Amphilectus fucorum
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Patella pellucida
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Scrupocellaria scruposa
ECHINODERMATA
Marthasterias glacialis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Didemnum sp.
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Apoglossum ruscifolium
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Patella pellucida P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Scrupocellaria scruposa P
ECHINODERMATA
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Didemnum sp. P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Apoglossum ruscifolium P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P