Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Ridge, N of The Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850726/01 Date: 1985-07-26 GPS: 55.27233,-6.61150 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow sloping rock platform with sand covering in patches leading to steep rocky slope.

Species list (61 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Suberites carnosus	Amphisbetia operculata	Chaetopterus variopedatus	Antiopella cristata	ECHINODERMATA	Morchellium argus
Sycon ciliatum	Iophon hyndmani	Nemertesia antennina	CRUSTACEA	BRYOZOA	Antedon bifida	Polycarpa pomaria
Pachymatisma johnstonia	Iophonopsis nigricans	Nemertesia ramosa	Balanus crenatus	Crisia denticulata	Luidia ciliaris	PISCES
Cliona celata	Myxilla incrustans	Alcyonium digitatum	Homarus gammarus	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Henricia oculata	Scyliorhinus canicula
Stelligera montagui	Axinella infundibuliformis	Urticina felina	Pagurus bernhardus	Flustra foliacea	Asterias rubens	Conger conger
Stelligera stuposa	Haliclona viscosa	Metridium senile	Cancer pagurus	Securiflustra securifrons	Echinus esculentus	Pollachius pollachius
Raspailia hispida	Dysidea fragilis	Actinothoe sphyrodeta	MOLLUSCA	Scrupocellaria scruposa	Holothuria forskali	Pollachius virens
Raspailia ramosa	CNIDARIA	Corynactis viridis	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Cellaria sinuosa	TUNICATA	Ctenolabrus rupestris
Polymastia boletiformis	Halecium halecinum	Caryophyllia smithii	Doto eireana	Pentapora foliacea	Clavelina lepadiformis	Labrus bergylta
Polymastia penicillus	Abietinaria abietina	ANNELIDA	Diaphorodoris luteocincta	Parasmittina trispinosa	Polyclinum aurantium	Callionymus lyra