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Killeany, Rathlin Island.

[Site list for year 1985]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850101/21 Date: 1985-01-01 GPS: 55.29500,-6.22400. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: This is a fucoid dominated boulder shore. The intertidal region is narrow. The supralittoral region is composed of igneous and limestone shingle. The intertidal region is mainly composed of small and medium igneous boulders, with occasional limestone boulders. Rounded limestone and igneous pebbles underly the boulders at all levels in the intertidal.

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Species list (122 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea
Grantia compressa
Sycon ciliatum
Halichondria panicea
Laxosuberites sp.
Haliclona sp.
CNIDARIA
Coryne sp.
Coryne muscoides
Dynamena pumila
Laomedea flexuosa
Actinia equina
Urticina felina
NEMERTEA
NEMERTEA sp.
ENTOPROCTA
Pedicellina cernua
ANNELIDA
Nereis pelagica
Platynereis coccinea
Spinther arcticus
Polydora ciliata
Fabricia sabella
Spirobranchus triqueter
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis spirorbis
Spirorbis tridentatus
CRUSTACEA
Semibalanus balanoides
AMPHIPODA sp.
Apherusa jurinei
Gammarellus angulosus
Stenothoe monoculoides
Hyale prevostii
Amphithoe rubricata
Jassa falcata
Parajassa pelagica
Caprellidae sp.
Caprella acanthifera
Jaera sp.
Jaera albifrons
Idotea granulosa
Ligia oceanica
Cancer pagurus
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Testudinalia testudinalis
Patella vulgata
Patella pellucida
Littorina littorea
Littorina (Neritrema) fabalis
Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta
Littorina obtusata
Skeneopsis planorbis
Onoba (Onoba) semicostata
Nucella lapillus
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium gelatinosum
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Callopora lineata
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
Celleporella hyalina
Phaeostachys spinifera
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp.
Botryllus schlosseri
Botrylloides leachii
PISCES
Lepadogaster sp.
RHODOPHYTA
Bangia atropurpurea
Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyra leucosticta
Porphyra linearis
Acrochaetium secundata
Audouinella sp.
Rhodochorton purpureum
Gelidium sp.
Gelidium pusillum
Palmaria palmata
Hildenbrandia rubra
Corallina officinalis
Lithothamnion glaciale
Phymatolithon lenormandii
Cystoclonium purpureum
Dumontia contorta
Mastocarpus stellatus
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Ceramium sp.
Ceramium shuttleworthianum
Halurus flosculosus
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Membranoptera alata
Odonthalia dentata
Osmundea pinnatifida
Polysiphonia sp.
Polysiphonia stricta
CHROMOPHYTA
Ectocarpus fasciculatus
Hincksia hincksiae
Laminariocolax tomentosoides
Pylaiella littoralis
Spongonema tomentosum
Elachista fucicola
Elachista scutulata
Ralfsia sp.
Scytosiphon lomentaria
Leathesia difformis
Alaria esculenta
Laminaria digitata
Saccharina latissima
Halidrys siliquosa
Fucus serratus
Fucus spiralis
Fucus vesiculosus
Himanthalia elongata
CHLOROPHYTA
Monostroma grevillei
Ulothrix flacca
Ulothrix speciosa
Urospora penicilliformis
Urospora wormskioldii
Blidingia sp.
Blidingia minima
Ulva sp.
Ulva linza
Ulva prolifera
Chaetomorpha linum
Cladophora rupestris

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea P
Grantia compressa P
Sycon ciliatum P
Halichondria panicea P
Laxosuberites sp. P
Haliclona sp. P
CNIDARIA
Coryne sp. P
Coryne muscoides P
Dynamena pumila P
Laomedea flexuosa P
Actinia equina P
Urticina felina P
NEMERTEA
NEMERTEA sp. P
ENTOPROCTA
Pedicellina cernua P
ANNELIDA
Nereis pelagica P
Platynereis coccinea P
Spinther arcticus P
Polydora ciliata P
Fabricia sabella P
Spirobranchus triqueter P
Spirorbis sp. P
Spirorbis spirorbis P
Spirorbis tridentatus P
CRUSTACEA
Semibalanus balanoides P
AMPHIPODA sp. P
Apherusa jurinei P
Gammarellus angulosus P
Stenothoe monoculoides P
Hyale prevostii P
Amphithoe rubricata P
Jassa falcata P
Parajassa pelagica P
Caprellidae sp. P
Caprella acanthifera P
Jaera sp. P
Jaera albifrons P
Idotea granulosa P
Ligia oceanica P
Cancer pagurus P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Patella vulgata P
Patella pellucida P
Littorina littorea P
Littorina (Neritrema) fabalis P
Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta P
Littorina obtusata P
Skeneopsis planorbis P
Onoba (Onoba) semicostata P
Nucella lapillus P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium gelatinosum P
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Callopora lineata P
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans P
Celleporella hyalina P
Phaeostachys spinifera P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
TUNICATA
Didemnum sp. P
Botryllus schlosseri P
Botrylloides leachii P
PISCES
Lepadogaster sp. P
RHODOPHYTA
Bangia atropurpurea P
Porphyra umbilicalis P
Porphyra leucosticta P
Porphyra linearis P
Acrochaetium secundata P
Audouinella sp. P
Rhodochorton purpureum P
Gelidium sp. P
Gelidium pusillum P
Palmaria palmata P
Hildenbrandia rubra P
Corallina officinalis P
Lithothamnion glaciale P
Phymatolithon lenormandii P
Cystoclonium purpureum P
Dumontia contorta P
Mastocarpus stellatus P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Ceramium sp. P
Ceramium shuttleworthianum P
Halurus flosculosus P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Membranoptera alata P
Odonthalia dentata P
Osmundea pinnatifida P
Polysiphonia sp. P
Polysiphonia stricta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Ectocarpus fasciculatus P
Hincksia hincksiae P
Laminariocolax tomentosoides P
Pylaiella littoralis P
Spongonema tomentosum P
Elachista fucicola P
Elachista scutulata P
Ralfsia sp. P
Scytosiphon lomentaria P
Leathesia difformis P
Alaria esculenta P
Laminaria digitata P
Saccharina latissima P
Halidrys siliquosa P
Fucus serratus P
Fucus spiralis P
Fucus vesiculosus P
Himanthalia elongata P
CHLOROPHYTA
Monostroma grevillei P
Ulothrix flacca P
Ulothrix speciosa P
Urospora penicilliformis P
Urospora wormskioldii P
Blidingia sp. P
Blidingia minima P
Ulva sp. P
Ulva linza P
Ulva prolifera P
Chaetomorpha linum P
Cladophora rupestris P

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