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

Priority species

W St.John's Point, Dundrum Bay.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840824/02 Date: 1984-08-24 GPS: 54.22600,-5.70233 [ View map ]

Site Description: Angular reefs of bedrock amongst angular boulders. Heavily silted. Poor and barren.

Species list (46 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Cliona celata
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Sertularella polyzonias
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia sp.
Alcyonium digitatum
ANNELIDA
Eupolymnia nebulosa
Pomatoceros triqueter
Serpula vermicularis
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus chiroacanthus
Pisidia longicornis
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Hinia (Hima) incrassata
Pododesmus patelliformis
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Electra pilosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
Thyone roscovita
Pawsonia saxicola
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Ciona intestinalis
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella scabra
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
Boltenia echinata
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Pomatoschistus pictus
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Phyllophora crispa
Antithamnion cruciatum
Phycodrys rubens

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Cliona celata P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Sertularella polyzonias P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia sp. P
Alcyonium digitatum P
ANNELIDA
Eupolymnia nebulosa P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Serpula vermicularis P
CRUSTACEA
Anapagurus chiroacanthus P
Pisidia longicornis P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Hinia (Hima) incrassata P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Electra pilosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
Thyone roscovita P
Pawsonia saxicola P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Ciona intestinalis P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella scabra P
Ascidia conchilega P
Ascidia mentula P
Boltenia echinata P
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris P
Pomatoschistus pictus P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Phyllophora crispa P
Antithamnion cruciatum P
Phycodrys rubens P