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

Priority species

W Kinbane Head, Ballycastle.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850605/03 Date: 1985-06-05 GPS: 55.22883,-6.28517 [ View map ]

Site Description: Patches of clean sand. Boulders with kelp and red weeds.

Species list (43 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia sp.
Polymastia boletiformis
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Halecium halecinum
Diphasia rosacea
Sertularella rugosa
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Homarus gammarus
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
BRYOZOA
Crisidia cornuta
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Aplidium punctum
Corella parallelogramma
Botryllus schlosseri
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Dilsea carnosa
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Halurus flosculosus
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia sp. P
Polymastia boletiformis P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Halecium halecinum P
Diphasia rosacea P
Sertularella rugosa P
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Homarus gammarus P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
BRYOZOA
Crisidia cornuta P
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Aplidium punctum P
Corella parallelogramma P
Botryllus schlosseri P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Furcellaria lumbricalis P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Halurus flosculosus P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P