Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850626/01 Date: 1985-06-26 GPS: 55.30917,-6.20417. Depth: -36.0 to -37.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulder slope heavily colonised with hydroids and sponges.

Species list (70 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Haliclona viscosa	Diphasia rosacea	Actinothoe sphyrodeta	Talochlamys distorta	Porania pulvillus	Ascidia virginea
Pachymatisma johnstonia	Dysidea fragilis	Hydrallmania falcata	Caryophyllia smithii	BRYOZOA	Crossaster papposus	Polycarpa pomaria
Raspailia hispida	Aplysilla sulfurea	Sertularella gayi	CRUSTACEA	Crisia denticulata	Henricia oculata	Botryllus schlosseri
Polymastia boletiformis	CNIDARIA	Sertularella polyzonias	Cancer pagurus	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Asterias rubens	PISCES
Iophon hyndmani	Tubularia indivisa	Sertularia argentea	MOLLUSCA	Securiflustra securifrons	Marthasterias glacialis	Ctenolabrus rupestris
Iophonopsis nigricans	Eudendrium sp.	Tamarisca tamarisca	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Bugulina flabellata	Echinus esculentus	RHODOPHYTA
Plocamilla coriacea	Eudendrium annulatum	Kirchenpaueria pinnata	Trivia arctica	Caberea ellisii	TUNICATA	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Phorbas fictitius	Garveia nutans	Nemertesia antennina	Doto fragilis	Cellaria fistulosa	Polyclinum aurantium
Myxilla fimbriata	Halecium halecinum	Nemertesia ramosa	Polycera faeroensis	Porella compressa	Synoicum pulmonaria
Myxilla incrustans	Abietinaria abietina	Aglaophenia tubulifera	Coryphella browni	Parasmittina trispinosa	Aplidium nordmanni
Amphilectus fucorum	Diphasia sp.	Alcyonium digitatum	Coryphella lineata	Schizomavella linearis	Corella parallelogramma
Axinella infundibuliformis	Diphasia fallax	Parazoanthus anguicomus	Edmundsella pedata	ECHINODERMATA	Ascidia mentula

---

Previous site

Next site