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

Priority species

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 (46 species recorded):

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

No biotope record.

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