MBDP-NI: Site details S of Cow and Calf, Dundrum Bay.

Priority species

S of Cow and Calf, Dundrum Bay.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840822/04 Date: 1984-08-22 GPS: 54.23217,-5.75800 [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock with small vertical faces and uneven terrain. Kelp quite dense.

Species list (39 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea
Plumularia setacea
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Patella pellucida
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Aplidium punctum
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Centrolabrus exoletus
Ctenolabrus rupestris
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Plocamium cartilagineum
Pterothamnion plumula
Ptilota gunneri
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia fucoides
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Alaria esculenta
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Sertularia argentea P
Plumularia setacea P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Patella pellucida P
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Aplidium punctum P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Centrolabrus exoletus P
Ctenolabrus rupestris P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Ptilota gunneri P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia fucoides P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Alaria esculenta P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P