MBDP-NI: Site details East White Cliffs, Church Bay

Priority species

Non-indigenous species

East White Cliffs, Church Bay

[Site list for year 2025]

Survey number: 782 Event number: 20250517/01 Date: 2025-05-17 GPS: 55.29238,-6.24180. Depth: -21.0 to -21.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Circalittoral tide-swept mixed sediment (coarse sand, gravel and cobbles) on a flat seabed

Species list (19 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Alcyonium digitatum
Virgularia mirabilis
Synarachnactis lloydii
Capnea sanguinea
Calliactis palliata
Caryophyllia smithii
CRUSTACEA
Hippolyte varians
Pagurus prideaux
MOLLUSCA
Lomanotus genei
Fjordia lineata
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula
Taurulus bubalis
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium lyngbyanum
Delesseria sanguinea
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis sp.

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral mixed sediment SS.SMx.CMx (EUNIS A5.44)

CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Virgularia mirabilis P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
Capnea sanguinea P
Calliactis palliata P
Caryophyllia smithii P
CRUSTACEA
Hippolyte varians P
Pagurus prideaux P
MOLLUSCA
Lomanotus genei P
Fjordia lineata P
BRYOZOA
Parasmittina trispinosa P
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula P
Taurulus bubalis P
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium lyngbyanum P
Delesseria sanguinea P
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea P
CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis sp. P