Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

S Otter Rocks, Skerries, Portrush.

Survey number: 553 Event number: 19790619/02 Date: 1979-06-19 GPS: 55.21833,-6.65167. Depth: -14.0 to -15.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Bedrock with isolated boulders and overlay of fine sand.

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Species list and abundance (25 species recorded):

Biotope 1 Halecium halecinum P Neoamphitrite figulus P BRYOZOA Henricia oculata P Aslia lefevrei P Polycarpa scuba P
PORIFERA Sertularia cupressina P MOLLUSCA Securiflustra securifrons P Asterias rubens P TUNICATA PISCES
Polymastia penicillus P Alcyonium digitatum P Calliostoma zizyphinum P Bugulina turbinata P Leptasterias muelleri P Clavelina lepadiformis P Scyliorhinus canicula P
Halichondria panicea P Actinothoe sphyrodeta P Trivia arctica P ECHINODERMATA Holothuria forskali P Polyclinum aurantium P CHROMOPHYTA
CNIDARIA ANNELIDA Eledone cirrhosa P Crossaster papposus P Pawsonia saxicola P Aplidium punctum P Laminaria hyperborea P

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