Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

S of Kilkeel.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850619/04 Date: 1985-06-19 GPS: 54.03083,-5.97650 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulder cobble & pebble embedded in mud dominated by Ophiothrix.

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Species list (22 species recorded)

PORIFERA ANNELIDA Leptochiton asellus Crossaster papposus TUNICATA Phyllophora crispa Pterosiphonia parasitica
Amphilectus fucorum Pomatoceros triqueter Steromphala cineraria Asterias rubens Clavelina lepadiformis Plocamium cartilagineum
CNIDARIA CRUSTACEA BRYOZOA Ophiothrix fragilis RHODOPHYTA Pterothamnion plumula
Obelia sp. Pagurus bernhardus Parasmittina trispinosa Ophiocomina nigra Bonnemaisonia intricata Acrosorium venulosum
Alcyonium digitatum MOLLUSCA ECHINODERMATA Echinus esculentus Lithophyllum sp. Phycodrys rubens

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