MBDP-NI: Lighthouse steps at East Maiden, The Maidens

Place name : Lighthouse steps at East Maiden, The Maidens. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-09-01 GPS : 54.92980,-5.72983. Depth : -15.0 to -22.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Tide-swept boulders and cobbles on gravel with Tubularia indivisa and foliose red algae.

Cobbles with Oaten pipes hydroid Tubularia indivisa [00:00:26]; Red hook weed Acrosorium venulosum [00:00:43]; Common sea urchin Echinus esculentus [00:00:47]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:00:58]; Candy-striped flatworm [00:01:38]; Bloody henry starfish Henricia oculata [00:02:02]; Sandalled anemone Actinothoe sphyrodeta [00:02:53]; Crown sea anemone Hormathia coronata [00:03:10]; White nudibranch Cadlina laevis [00:03:24]; Brown seaweed Desmarestia dudresnayi [00:03:26]; Forest kelp Laminaria hyperborea with hydroid Obelia geniculata [00:04:33]; Beautiful kidney weed Kallymenia reniformis [00:04:46].

Species list (34 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock.

CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa A
Obelia geniculata F
Alcyonium digitatum F
Epizoanthus couchii R
Actinothoe sphyrodeta F
Hormathia coronata O
Corynactis viridis F
Caryophyllia smithii F
PLATYHELMINTHES
Prostheceraeus vittatus R
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus R
MOLLUSCA
Cadlina laevis R
Antiopella cristata R
Favorinus blianus R
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea F
Parasmittina trispinosa O
Omalosecosa ramulosa R
ECHINODERMATA
Luidia ciliaris R
Henricia oculata R
Marthasterias glacialis R
Echinus esculentus O
PISCES
Scyliorhinus sp. R
Centrolabrus exoletus R
Ctenolabrus rupestris R
Labrus mixtus O
RHODOPHYTA
Metacallophyllis laciniata O
Kallymenia reniformis F
Plocamium sp. P
Heterosiphonia plumosa O
Acrosorium venulosum C
Delesseria sanguinea C
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma R
Desmarestia dresnayi R
Laminaria hyperborea C
Saccharina latissima R

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