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

Priority species

Church Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850703/01 Date: 1985-07-03 GPS: 55.26817,-6.23183. Depth: -41.0 to -42.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Ridges of boulders with clean shell gravel.

Species list (49 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia sp.
Polymastia penicillus
Myxilla incrustans
Suberites carnosus
Haliclona oculata
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Ectopleura larynx
Halecium halecinum
Halecium muricatum
Abietinaria abietina
Diphasia sp.
Hydrallmania falcata
Sertularella gayi
Sertularia argentea
Sertularia cupressina
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Plumularia setacea
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Munida rugosa
Hyas coarctatus
Inachus leptochirus
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Ocenebra erinacea
Buccinum undatum
Acanthodoris pilosa
Coryphella browni
Venus casina
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Vesicularia spinosa
Eucratea loricata
Flustra foliacea
Securiflustra securifrons
Bicellariella ciliata
Cellaria fistulosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Echinus esculentus
Spatangus purpureus
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus
Callionymus lyra
Pleuronectes platessa
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia sp. P
Polymastia penicillus P
Myxilla incrustans P
Suberites carnosus P
Haliclona oculata P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Ectopleura larynx P
Halecium halecinum P
Halecium muricatum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Diphasia sp. P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Sertularella gayi P
Sertularia argentea P
Sertularia cupressina P
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Plumularia setacea P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Munida rugosa P
Hyas coarctatus P
Inachus leptochirus P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Ocenebra erinacea P
Buccinum undatum P
Acanthodoris pilosa P
Coryphella browni P
Venus casina P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Vesicularia spinosa P
Eucratea loricata P
Flustra foliacea P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Cellaria fistulosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Echinus esculentus P
Spatangus purpureus P
TUNICATA
Polyclinum aurantium P
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus P
Callionymus lyra P
Pleuronectes platessa P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P