Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

SE of Murlough Bay.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850815/05 Date: 1985-08-15 GPS: 55.20783,-6.08767 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of cobble and small boulders. Abundant red algae "pinhead squirt".

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Species list (68 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Halisarca dujardinii
Dysidea fragilis
Stelligera montagui
Stelligera stuposa
Polymastia boletiformis
Iophonopsis nigricans
Amphilectus fucorum
Hemimycale columella
Myxilla fimbriata
Halichondria bowerbanki
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Halecium muricatum
Abietinaria abietina
Sertularia argentea
Halopteris catharina
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Plumularia setacea
Aglaophenia tubulifera
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata
Antiopella cristata
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Vesicularia spinosa
Eucratea loricata
Flustra foliacea
Securiflustra securifrons
Bicellariella ciliata
Cellaria fistulosa
Cellaria sinuosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Leptasterias muelleri
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Pycnoclavella stolonialis
Archidistoma aggregatum
Polyclinum aurantium
Aplidium punctum
Didemnum sp.
Diplosoma listerianum
Diplosoma spongiforme
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa pomaria
Pyura microcosmus
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora crispa
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Halisarca dujardinii P
Dysidea fragilis P
Stelligera montagui P
Stelligera stuposa P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Iophonopsis nigricans P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Hemimycale columella P
Myxilla fimbriata P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Halecium muricatum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Sertularia argentea P
Halopteris catharina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Plumularia setacea P
Aglaophenia tubulifera P
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) punctata P
Antiopella cristata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Vesicularia spinosa P
Eucratea loricata P
Flustra foliacea P
Securiflustra securifrons P
Bicellariella ciliata P
Cellaria fistulosa P
Cellaria sinuosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Pycnoclavella stolonialis P
Archidistoma aggregatum P
Polyclinum aurantium P
Aplidium punctum P
Didemnum sp. P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Diplosoma spongiforme P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Pyura microcosmus P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora crispa P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P

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