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

Church Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850703/04 Date: 1985-07-03 GPS: 55.28117,-6.20217 [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulder embedded in pebble/sand. Exposed frequently and rather barren. Kelp quite dense; weeds common.

Species list and abundance (46 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Spirorbis sp. P	Crisia eburnea P	Botryllus schlosseri P	Halarachnion ligulatum P	Pterothamnion plumula P	Desmarestia aculeata P
CNIDARIA	CRUSTACEA	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	PISCES	Chondrus crispus P	Heterosiphonia plumosa P	Laminaria hyperborea P
Ectopleura larynx P	Balanus crenatus P	Electra pilosa P	Scyliorhinus canicula P	Metacallophyllis laciniata P	Cryptopleura ramosa P	Saccharina latissima P
Sarsia sp. P	Pandalus montagui P	ECHINODERMATA	RHODOPHYTA	Phyllophora crispa P	Delesseria sanguinea P
Obelia geniculata P	Pisidia longicornis P	Ophiura albida P	Lithophyllum sp. P	Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P	Phycodrys rubens P
Alcyonium digitatum P	Polybius depurator P	TUNICATA	Calliblepharis ciliata P	Schottera nicaeensis P	Brongniartella byssoides P
Caryophyllia smithii P	MOLLUSCA	Aplidium punctum P	Rhodophyllis divaricata P	Plocamium cartilagineum P	Odonthalia dentata P
ANNELIDA	Steromphala cineraria P	Didemnum sp. P	Dilsea carnosa P	Rhodymenia pseudopalmata P	CHROMOPHYTA
Pomatoceros triqueter P	BRYOZOA	Polycarpa pomaria P	Furcellaria lumbricalis P	Halurus flosculosus P	Dictyota dichotoma P