MBDP-NI: Site details W of Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

W of Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840815/03 Date: 1984-08-15 GPS: 55.30650,-6.20817. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Big limestone boulders with patches of very clean gravel between. Some flat bed rock highly scoured. Dense kelp forest (tall).

No images for site.

Species list (86 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Oscarella sp.
Halisarca dujardinii
Dysidea fragilis
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Polymastia penicillus
Amphilectus fucorum
Hemimycale columella
Stylostichon sp.
Plocamilla coriacea
Mycale rotalis
Myxilla incrustans
Myxilla rosacea
Halichondria panicea
Suberites carnosus
Haliclona sp.
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Sertularia argentea
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Sabella pavonina
Pomatoceros triqueter
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Limacia clavigera
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Cellaria fistulosa
Cellaria sinuosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella scabra
Ascidia mentula
Ascidia virginea
Polycarpa pomaria
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachi
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Labrus mixtus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Meredithia microphylla
Erythrodermis traillii
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Apoglossum ruscifolium
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Oscarella sp. P
Halisarca dujardinii P
Dysidea fragilis P
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
Polymastia penicillus P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Hemimycale columella P
Stylostichon sp. P
Plocamilla coriacea P
Mycale rotalis P
Myxilla incrustans P
Myxilla rosacea P
Halichondria panicea P
Suberites carnosus P
Haliclona sp. P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Sertularia argentea P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Sabella pavonina P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Limacia clavigera P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Cellaria fistulosa P
Cellaria sinuosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella scabra P
Ascidia mentula P
Ascidia virginea P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachi P
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris P
Labrus mixtus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Meredithia microphylla P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Apoglossum ruscifolium P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P