Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

W Kinbane Head, Ballycastle.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850604/01 Date: 1985-06-04 GPS: 55.23267,-6.29583 [ View map ]

Site Description: Flat bedrock plain with kelp forest

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Species list (51 species recorded)

PORIFERA Tubularia indivisa MOLLUSCA Henricia oculata Ascidia mentula Phyllophora crispa Phycodrys rubens
Cliona celata Halecium halecinum Calliostoma zizyphinum Asterias rubens PISCES Schottera nicaeensis Brongniartella byssoides
Polymastia boletiformis Obelia sp. Palliolum furtivum Leptasterias muelleri Taurulus bubalis Plocamium cartilagineum Odonthalia dentata
Hemimycale columella Isozoanthus sulcatus Palliolum striatum Ophiactis balli RHODOPHYTA Halurus flosculosus CHROMOPHYTA
Myxilla incrustans Cylista elegans BRYOZOA Echinus esculentus Lithophyllum sp. Heterosiphonia plumosa Halopteris filicina
Axinella infundibuliformis Caryophyllia smithii Alcyonidium diaphanum TUNICATA Calliblepharis ciliata Cryptopleura ramosa Carpomitra costata
Halichondria panicea CRUSTACEA Bicellariella ciliata Aplidium punctum Dilsea carnosa Delesseria sanguinea Laminaria hyperborea
Dysidea fragilis Balanus crenatus Cellepora pumicosa Didemnum sp. Metacallophyllis laciniata Drachiella spectabilis
CNIDARIA Cancer pagurus ECHINODERMATA Ascidiella scabra Kallymenia reniformis Hypoglossum hypoglossoides

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