MBDP-NI: Site details 400m S SW of Little Skerrie, Skerries, Portrush.

Priority species

400m S SW of Little Skerrie, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 553 Event number: 19790619/01 Date: 1979-06-19 GPS: 55.21783,-6.64583. Depth: -21.0 to -22.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sandy plain with boulders covered in Ophiothrix fragilis. Many Urticina attached to sub-surface cobbles.

No images for site.

Species list (19 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus
Cliona celata
Hymeniacidon perleve
CNIDARIA
Sertularia cupressina
Nemertesia antennina
Alcyonium digitatum
Urticina felina
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Polybius depurator
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Buccinum undatum
Venus casina
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Eucratea loricata
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiothrix fragilis
Aslia lefevrei
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus P
Cliona celata P
Hymeniacidon perleve P
CNIDARIA
Sertularia cupressina P
Nemertesia antennina P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Urticina felina P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Polybius depurator P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Buccinum undatum P
Venus casina P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Eucratea loricata P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Aslia lefevrei P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P