MBDP-NI: Site details S of St.John's Point, Dundrum Bay.

Priority species

S of St.John's Point, Dundrum Bay.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840824/01 Date: 1984-08-24 GPS: 54.20583,-5.67117 [ View map ]

Site Description: Very silty gravel bottem with boulders & cobbles - very barren. Lots of Asterias.

Species list (19 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Cliona celata
Amphilectus fucorum
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Sertularella polyzonias
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Alcyonium digitatum
Metridium senile
MOLLUSCA
Facelina bostoniensis
Eledone cirrhosa
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Ophiopholis aculeata
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Ascidia mentula

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Cliona celata P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Sertularella polyzonias P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Metridium senile P
MOLLUSCA
Facelina bostoniensis P
Eledone cirrhosa P
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Ophiopholis aculeata P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Ascidia mentula P