MBDP-NI: Site details W of Carrickarede Island.

Priority species

W of Carrickarede Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850606/02 Date: 1985-06-06 GPS: 55.23633,-6.32383 [ View map ]

Site Description: Pitted nobbly limestone fairly flat but uneven. With a good layer of sand.

Species list (53 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis
Axinella infundibuliformis
Stelligera montagui
Polymastia boletiformis
Tethya citrina
Cliona celata
Hemimycale columella
Myxilla incrustans
Haliclona urceolus
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Sertularia argentea
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Galathea squamifera
Xantho pilipes
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Electra pilosa
Bicellariella ciliata
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Leptasterias muelleri
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
Sidnyum turbinatum
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Didemnum maculosum
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa pomaria
Polycarpa scuba
Botryllus schlosseri
Pyura tessellata
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Halurus flosculosus
Ptilota gunneri
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Brongniartella byssoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
Stelligera montagui P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Tethya citrina P
Cliona celata P
Hemimycale columella P
Myxilla incrustans P
Haliclona urceolus P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Sertularia argentea P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Galathea squamifera P
Xantho pilipes P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Electra pilosa P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
Sidnyum turbinatum P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Didemnum maculosum P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Polycarpa scuba P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Pyura tessellata P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Halurus flosculosus P
Ptilota gunneri P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Brongniartella byssoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria P
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P