MBDP-NI: Site details E of Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

E of Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850625/03 Date: 1985-06-25 GPS: 55.30750,-6.18833 [ View map ]

Site Description: Flat limestone platform with boulders and patches of cobble/pebble/sand. Dense kelp forest. Thick underflora.

Species list (30 species recorded):

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Aplysilla sulfurea P
CNIDARIA
Sarsia sp. P
Abietinaria abietina P
Sertularia argentea P
Obelia geniculata P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P