MBDP-NI: Site details W Kinbane Head, Ballycastle.

Priority species

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

Species list (51 species recorded):

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

No biotope record.

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