MBDP-NI: Site details SW of West Maiden

Priority species

Non-indigenous species

SW of West Maiden

[Site list for year 2025]

Survey number: 782 Event number: 20250504/01 Date: 2025-05-04 GPS: 54.92897,-5.73957. Depth: -20.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Tideswept bedrock and boulders, with patches of clean, coarse sand and mixed cobbles/pebbles.

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Species list (33 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Mixed faunal turf communities CR.HCR.Xfa (EUNIS A4.13)

PORIFERA
Spongionella pulchella R
Axinella infundibuliformis C
Raspailia hispida O
Stelligera stuposa O
Polymastia boletiformis R
Hymedesmia paupertas O
Hymeniacidon simplicima R
Haliclona urceolus O
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa A
Ectopleura larynx C
Halecium halecinum R
Diphasia alata R
Nemertesia antennina O
Nemertesia ramosa R
Aglaophenia tubulifera F
Lytocarpia myriophyllum O
Alcyonium digitatum C
Actinothoe sphyrodeta R
Caryophyllia smithii A
ANNELIDA
Chaetopteridae sp. R
Chaetopterus sp. R
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
Dendronotus europaeus R
Polycera faeroensis R
Coryphella verrucosa R
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum F
Cellaria sp. P
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus R
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium sp. O
Delesseria sanguinea O

Biotope 2 : Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept, infralittoral rock IR.MIR.KR.LhypT (EUNIS A3.212)

ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus R
RHODOPHYTA
Delesseria sanguinea O
Phycodrys rubens F
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata R
Laminaria hyperborea C