MBDP-NI: Site details E of Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

E of Castle Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850830/04 Date: 1985-08-30 GPS: 55.30750,-6.18833 [ View map ]

Site Description: Flat limestone platform with boulders and patches of cobble/pebble/sand. Dense kelp forest. Thick underflora.

Species list (52 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Dysidea fragilis
Axinella infundibuliformis
Stelligera montagui
Stelligera stuposa
Polymastia boletiformis
Iophonopsis nigricans
Halichondria panicea
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Abietinaria abietina
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Calliblepharis ciliata
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Dilsea carnosa
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Erythrodermis traillii
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Schottera nicaeensis
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria orcadensis
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Drachiella spectabilis
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria
Halopteris filicina
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Dysidea fragilis P
Axinella infundibuliformis P
Stelligera montagui P
Stelligera stuposa P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Iophonopsis nigricans P
Halichondria panicea P
Haliclona viscosa P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Abietinaria abietina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Calliblepharis ciliata P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Dilsea carnosa P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Phyllophora crispa P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Acrosorium venulosum P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Drachiella spectabilis P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria P
Halopteris filicina P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Laminaria hyperborea P