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Portdoo, NE Coast.

[Site list for year 1986]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19860425/22 Date: 1986-04-25 GPS: 55.21683,-6.12600. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: A boulder shore with large boulders fairly widely spread with small boulders and stones between them. The exposure is moderate, although the shelter provided by the boulders cause a more sheltered sub habitat between them. Along the shore are some small boulders which provide a small sheltered sub habitat. The backing is cliff (moderate) and steeply sloping grass. The boulders are a mixture of basalt and red sandstone.

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Species list (106 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Leuconia nivea
Grantia compressa
Ophlitaspongia papilla
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Clava cornea
Dynamena pumila
Obelia geniculata
Actinia equina
Urticina felina
ANNELIDA
Pelagobia longicirrata
Nereis pelagica
Capitellidae sp.
Polycirrus sp.
Spirobranchus triqueter
Spirorbis spirorbis
Spirorbis tridentatus
CRUSTACEA
Chthamalus montagui
Semibalanus balanoides
AMPHIPODA sp.
Apherusa jurinei
Hyale prevostii
Amphithoe rubricata
Idotea granulosa
Idotea pelagica
Ligia oceanica
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Tectura virginea
Patella ulyssiponensis
Patella vulgata
Patella pellucida
Lacuna vincta
Littorina (Neritrema) fabalis
Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta
Littorina obtusata
Skeneopsis planorbis
Cingula (Cingula) cingillus
Nucella lapillus
Mytilus edulis
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Membranipora membranacea
Callopora lineata
Celleporella hyalina
Umbonula littoralis
TUNICATA
Trididemnum tenerum
Botrylloides leachii
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus
RHODOPHYTA
Erythrocladia irregularis
Bangia atropurpurea
Porphyra umbilicalis
Acrochaetium microscopicum
Acrochaetium secundata
Rhodochorton purpureum
Palmaria palmata
Hildenbrandia rubra
Corallina officinalis
Lithophyllum incrustans
Lithothamnion glaciale
Melobesia membranacea
Phymatolithon lenormandii
Titanoderma corallinae
Titanoderma pustulatum
Catenella caespitosa
Mastocarpus stellatus
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Lomentaria articulata
Plumaria plumosa
Cryptopleura ramosa
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
Osmundea pinnatifida
Polysiphonia sp.
Vertebrata lanosa
Polysiphonia stricta
CHROMOPHYTA
Ectocarpus siliculosus
Feldmannia sp.
Pylaiella littoralis
Spongonema tomentosum
Elachista fucicola
Myrionema sp.
Ralfsia sp.
Alaria esculenta
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
Ascophyllum nodosum
Fucus serratus
Fucus spiralis
Fucus vesiculosus
Pelvetia canaliculata
Himanthalia elongata
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulothrix flacca
Ulothrix speciosa
Urospora penicilliformis
Chlorofilum ephemerum
Tellamia sp.
Ulvella applanata
Ulva sp.
Ulva intestinalis
Ulva linza
Ulva fasciata
Chaetomorpha linum
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora sericea
Rhizoclonium riparium

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Leuconia nivea P
Grantia compressa P
Ophlitaspongia papilla P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Clava cornea P
Dynamena pumila P
Obelia geniculata P
Actinia equina P
Urticina felina P
ANNELIDA
Pelagobia longicirrata P
Nereis pelagica P
Capitellidae sp. P
Polycirrus sp. P
Spirobranchus triqueter P
Spirorbis spirorbis P
Spirorbis tridentatus P
CRUSTACEA
Chthamalus montagui P
Semibalanus balanoides P
AMPHIPODA sp. P
Apherusa jurinei P
Hyale prevostii P
Amphithoe rubricata P
Idotea granulosa P
Idotea pelagica P
Ligia oceanica P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Tectura virginea P
Patella ulyssiponensis P
Patella vulgata P
Patella pellucida P
Lacuna vincta P
Littorina (Neritrema) fabalis P
Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta P
Littorina obtusata P
Skeneopsis planorbis P
Cingula (Cingula) cingillus P
Nucella lapillus P
Mytilus edulis P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Callopora lineata P
Celleporella hyalina P
Umbonula littoralis P
TUNICATA
Trididemnum tenerum P
Botrylloides leachii P
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus P
RHODOPHYTA
Erythrocladia irregularis P
Bangia atropurpurea P
Porphyra umbilicalis P
Acrochaetium microscopicum P
Acrochaetium secundata P
Rhodochorton purpureum P
Palmaria palmata P
Hildenbrandia rubra P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithophyllum incrustans P
Lithothamnion glaciale P
Melobesia membranacea P
Phymatolithon lenormandii P
Titanoderma corallinae P
Titanoderma pustulatum P
Catenella caespitosa P
Mastocarpus stellatus P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Lomentaria articulata P
Plumaria plumosa P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
Osmundea pinnatifida P
Polysiphonia sp. P
Vertebrata lanosa P
Polysiphonia stricta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Ectocarpus siliculosus P
Feldmannia sp. P
Pylaiella littoralis P
Spongonema tomentosum P
Elachista fucicola P
Myrionema sp. P
Ralfsia sp. P
Alaria esculenta P
Laminaria digitata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
Ascophyllum nodosum P
Fucus serratus P
Fucus spiralis P
Fucus vesiculosus P
Pelvetia canaliculata P
Himanthalia elongata P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulothrix flacca P
Ulothrix speciosa P
Urospora penicilliformis P
Chlorofilum ephemerum P
Tellamia sp. P
Ulvella applanata P
Ulva sp. P
Ulva intestinalis P
Ulva linza P
Ulva fasciata P
Chaetomorpha linum P
Cladophora rupestris P
Cladophora sericea P
Rhizoclonium riparium P

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