MBDP-NI: Site details Church Bay, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

Church Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850625/07 Date: 1985-06-25 GPS: 55.28967,-6.21933 [ View map ]

Site Description: Firm well worked sand with diatom layer. Corymorpha nutans abundant being eaten by Cumanotus beaumonti.

Species list (17 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Corymorpha nutans
Synarachnactis lloydii
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Corystes cassivelaunus
MOLLUSCA
Coryphella browni
Cumanotus beaumonti
Arctica islandica
Sepiola (Heterosepiola) atlantica
ECHINODERMATA
Acrocnida brachiata
Echinocardium cordatum
Oestergrenia digitata
PISCES
Pleuronectes platessa
RHODOPHYTA
Gracilaria gracilis
Ceramium sp.
Pterothamnion plumula
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Corymorpha nutans P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Corystes cassivelaunus P
MOLLUSCA
Coryphella browni P
Cumanotus beaumonti P
Arctica islandica P
Sepiola (Heterosepiola) atlantica P
ECHINODERMATA
Acrocnida brachiata P
Echinocardium cordatum P
Oestergrenia digitata P
PISCES
Pleuronectes platessa P
RHODOPHYTA
Gracilaria gracilis P
Ceramium sp. P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P