Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

East Coast, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850830/01 Date: 1985-08-30 GPS: 55.28983,-6.16983 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow slope of limestone & igneous bedrock with boulders at bottom and leading to plain of fine sand.

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Species list (84 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia
CNIDARIA
Diphasia rosacea
Halopteris catharina
Obelia geniculata
Calliactis palliata
Caryophyllia smithii
SIPUNCULA
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
ANNELIDA
Harmothoe echinopustulata
Harmothoe extenuata
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pandalus montagui
Homarus gammarus
Pagurus prideaux
Galathea nexa
Galathea strigosa
Pisidia longicornis
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Diodora graeca
Steromphala cineraria
Talochlamys pusio
Pododesmus patelliformis
Hiatella arctica
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiura albida
Psammechinus miliaris
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Polyclinum aurantium
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa pomaria
Pyura microcosmus
Pyura tessellata
PISCES
Myoxocephalus scorpius
Taurulus bubalis
RHODOPHYTA
Scinaia interrupta
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Rhodophyllis werneri
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Coccotylus truncata
Erythrodermis traillii
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Lomentaria orcadensis
Cordylecladia erecta
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Pterothamnion plumula
Sphondylothamnion multifidum
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Nitophyllum punctatum
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia elongata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
Rhodomela confervoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyopteris polypodioides
Dictyota dichotoma
Carpomitra costata
Arthrocladia villosa
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
Halidrys siliquosa

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia P
CNIDARIA
Diphasia rosacea P
Halopteris catharina P
Obelia geniculata P
Calliactis palliata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
SIPUNCULA
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum P
ANNELIDA
Harmothoe echinopustulata P
Harmothoe extenuata P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pandalus montagui P
Homarus gammarus P
Pagurus prideaux P
Galathea nexa P
Galathea strigosa P
Pisidia longicornis P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Diodora graeca P
Steromphala cineraria P
Talochlamys pusio P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
Hiatella arctica P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiura albida P
Psammechinus miliaris P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Polyclinum aurantium P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidia conchilega P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Pyura microcosmus P
Pyura tessellata P
PISCES
Myoxocephalus scorpius P
Taurulus bubalis P
RHODOPHYTA
Scinaia interrupta P
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Coccotylus truncata P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Cordylecladia erecta P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Sphondylothamnion multifidum P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia elongata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
Rhodomela confervoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyopteris polypodioides P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Carpomitra costata P
Arthrocladia villosa P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
Halidrys siliquosa P

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