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

Priority species

Arkill Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850626/04 Date: 1985-06-26 GPS: 55.28133,-6.17250 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of smooth sand; some holes; brown diatom film on surface islands of bedrock and boulder; red epiphytes on kelp forest.

Species list (29 species recorded):

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Corymorpha nutans P
Obelia geniculata P
Cylista elegans P
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega P
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Cumanotus beaumonti P
Angulus sp. P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Echinus esculentus P
Echinocardium cordatum P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Polysiphonia stricta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P