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

Priority species

Church Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850627/05 Date: 1985-06-27 GPS: 55.29400,-6.21583 [ View map ]

Site Description: White chiton?; large boulders & cobble; patches of pebble/gravel; kelp canopy with reds below not plentiful;

No images for site.

Species list (45 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea
Grantia compressa
Oscarella sp.
Dysidea fragilis
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
Cylista elegans
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Galathea squamifera
Pisidia longicornis
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
Xantho hydrophilus
MOLLUSCA
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Membranipora membranacea
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp.
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Pomatoschistus flavescens
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum sp.
Lithothamnion glaciale
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Phyllophora crispa
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Ptilota gunneri
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea P
Grantia compressa P
Oscarella sp. P
Dysidea fragilis P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
Cylista elegans P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Galathea squamifera P
Pisidia longicornis P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
Xantho hydrophilus P
MOLLUSCA
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Membranipora membranacea P
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp. P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus flavescens P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Lithothamnion glaciale P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Phyllophora crispa P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Ptilota gunneri P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P