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

Priority species

Arkill Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850626/03 Date: 1985-06-26 GPS: 55.27917,-6.16967 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulders with areas of sand and cobble, thick kelp, heavily silted.

Species list (62 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Diphasia rosacea
Obelia geniculata
Epizoanthus couchii
Stomphia coccinea
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Hippolyte varians
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Patella pellucida
Polinices pulchellus
Coryphella browni
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidia mentula
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Pollachius virens
Pholis gunnellus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Rhodophyllis werneri
Dilsea carnosa
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Pterothamnion plumula
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia elongata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
Rhodomela confervoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
Halidrys siliquosa

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Diphasia rosacea P
Obelia geniculata P
Epizoanthus couchii P
Stomphia coccinea P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Hippolyte varians P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Patella pellucida P
Polinices pulchellus P
Coryphella browni P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Aplidium punctum P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidia mentula P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Pollachius virens P
Pholis gunnellus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Dilsea carnosa P
Furcellaria lumbricalis P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia elongata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
Rhodomela confervoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
Halidrys siliquosa P