Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Chapel Bay, Copeland Islands.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850709/05 Date: 1985-07-09 GPS: 54.66950,-5.53483 [ View map ]

Site Description: Very coarse gravely pebble bottom; occasional boulder. Good growth of L. saccharina and other weeds. Mya in sediment.

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Species list and abundance (35 species recorded):

Biotope 1 MOLLUSCA BRYOZOA RHODOPHYTA Ceramium sp. P Nitophyllum punctatum P Chorda filum P
CNIDARIA Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P Membranipora membranacea P Palmaria palmata P Compsothamnion thuyoides P Brongniartella byssoides P Laminaria hyperborea P
Obelia geniculata P Steromphala cineraria P Electra pilosa P Lithophyllum sp. P Ptilota gunneri P Odonthalia dentata P Saccharina latissima P
ANNELIDA Jujubinus (Clelandella) miliaris P ECHINODERMATA Chondrus crispus P Cryptopleura ramosa P Polysiphonia sp. P
Lanice conchilega P Calliostoma zizyphinum P Asterias rubens P Metacallophyllis laciniata P Delesseria sanguinea P CHROMOPHYTA
CRUSTACEA Polycera quadrilineata P PISCES Gracilaria gracilis P Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P Desmarestia aculeata P
Pagurus bernhardus P Ensis sp. P Pomatoschistus pictus P Plocamium cartilagineum P Membranoptera alata P Desmarestia viridis P

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