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

Cooraghy Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850829/05 Date: 1985-08-29 GPS: 55.28967,-6.26650 [ View map ]

Site Description: Sand and scattered boulders @ 13m. Boulder slope with dense kelp forest from 12m upwards with patches of sand/cobble.

Species list and abundance (40 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Sertularella gayi P	Chaetopterus variopedatus P	Munida rugosa P	Pecten maximus P	Crisularia plumosa P	Crossaster papposus P
PORIFERA	Nemertesia antennina P	Pomatoceros triqueter P	Inachus phalangium P	BRYOZOA	Caberea ellisii P	Asterias rubens P
Sycon ciliatum P	Nemertesia ramosa P	Filograna implexa P	Macropodia rostrata P	Crisia denticulata P	Cellaria sinuosa P	Ophiothrix fragilis P
Polymastia boletiformis P	Aglaophenia tubulifera P	CRUSTACEA	Cancer pagurus P	Alcyonidium diaphanum P	Parasmittina trispinosa P	Ophiura albida P
CNIDARIA	Rhizocaulus verticillatus P	Balanus crenatus P	MOLLUSCA	Eucratea loricata P	Cellepora pumicosa P	TUNICATA
Halecium halecinum P	Caryophyllia smithii P	Pandalus montagui P	Polycera faeroensis P	Securiflustra securifrons P	Omalosecosa ramulosa P	Ascidiella scabra P
Abietinaria abietina P	ANNELIDA	Galathea strigosa P	Polycera quadrilineata P	Bugulina flabellata P	ECHINODERMATA	Ascidia mentula P