MBDP-NI: Site details E of Hellyhunter Buoy, Cranfield Point.

Priority species

E of Hellyhunter Buoy, Cranfield Point.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850531/02 Date: 1985-05-31 GPS: 54.00183,-5.98083 [ View map ]

Site Description: Area of igneous cobbles next to duned gravel. Cobbles dominated by Ophiothrix fragilis.

Species list (25 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Mycale rotalis
CNIDARIA
Corymorpha nutans
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Obelia sp.
Alcyonium digitatum
Synarachnactis lloydii
ANNELIDA
Harmothoe impar
Chone infundibuliformis
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pandalus montagui
Pagurus bernhardus
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum
Pecten maximus
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Ophiopholis aculeata
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
PISCES
Callionymus lyra
Zeugopterus punctatus

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Mycale rotalis P
CNIDARIA
Corymorpha nutans P
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Obelia sp. P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
ANNELIDA
Harmothoe impar P
Chone infundibuliformis P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pandalus montagui P
Pagurus bernhardus P
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum P
Pecten maximus P
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Ophiopholis aculeata P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
PISCES
Callionymus lyra P
Zeugopterus punctatus P