Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Arkill Bay, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850905/04 Date: 1985-09-05 GPS: 55.27783,-6.16700 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow plain; patchy with areas of boulder/cobble & pebble/boulder or muddy gravel/boulder. Hydroids common

Species list (46 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Diphasia fallax	Alcyonium digitatum	Pecten maximus	Cellaria fistulosa	Henricia oculata	Ascidia mentula
Polymastia boletiformis	Diphasia margareta	Caryophyllia smithii	Pododesmus patelliformis	Cellaria sinuosa	Asterias rubens	Ascidia virginea
Hymedesmia paupertas	Sertularella gayi	ANNELIDA	BRYOZOA	Parasmittina trispinosa	Marthasterias glacialis	Polycarpa pomaria
Axinella infundibuliformis	Antennella secundaria	Chaetopterus variopedatus	Crisia denticulata	Omalosecosa ramulosa	Echinus esculentus	Pyura tessellata
Dysidea fragilis	Nemertesia antennina	Filograna implexa	Securiflustra securifrons	Buskea dichotoma	TUNICATA	PISCES
CNIDARIA	Polyplumaria flabellata	MOLLUSCA	Bugulina flabellata	ECHINODERMATA	Didemnum sp.	Ctenolabrus rupestris
Abietinaria abietina	Aglaophenia tubulifera	Jujubinus (Clelandella) miliaris	Caberea ellisii	Antedon bifida	Corella parallelogramma
Diphasia alata	Lytocarpia myriophyllum	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Scrupocellaria scruposa	Crossaster papposus	Ascidiella scabra