MBDP-NI: Site details SE Altacarry Head, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

SE Altacarry Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850628/03 Date: 1985-06-28 GPS: 55.29450,-6.16767 [ View map ]

Site Description: Slope of boulders cobble and pebble with thin forest of L. hyperborea & L. saccharina. Abundant red algae.

Species list (70 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia sp.
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Halecium halecinum
Halopteris catharina
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Sabella pavonina
CRUSTACEA
Galathea strigosa
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Diaphorodoris luteocincta
Antiopella cristata
Pododesmus patelliformis
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Securiflustra securifrons
Bugulina flabellata
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Corella parallelogramma
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Microstomus kitt
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Schmitzia hiscockiana
Calliblepharis ciliata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Rhodophyllis werneri
Dilsea carnosa
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Halurus flosculosus
Pterothamnion plumula
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia sp.
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia ligulata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis plumosa

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia sp. P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Halecium halecinum P
Halopteris catharina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Sabella pavonina P
CRUSTACEA
Galathea strigosa P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Diaphorodoris luteocincta P
Antiopella cristata P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Bugulina flabellata P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Corella parallelogramma P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Microstomus kitt P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Schmitzia hiscockiana P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Dilsea carnosa P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Halurus flosculosus P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Erythroglossum laciniatum P
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia sp. P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia ligulata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis plumosa P