MBDP-NI: NE of Lighthouse Island, Copelands

Place name : NE of Lighthouse Island, Copelands. County : Down

Date : 2024-06-29 GPS : 54.69738,-5.53236. Depth : -15.0 to -25.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Gravel, boulders and steeply sloping, tide-swept and moderately wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock with erect bryozoans (Flustra foliacea), hydroids, Clavelina lepadiformis, and foliose red algae.

Spiny starfish Marthasterias glacialis [00:00:56], Soft corals Alcyonium digitatum [00:01:08], King scallop Pecten maximus [00:01:39], Hornwrack bryozoan Flustra foliacea with red seaweeds, [00:02:12], Hydroid Halecium halecinum [00:02:21], Lightbulb sea squirt Clavelina lepadiformis [00:02:44], Goldsinny wrasse Ctenolabrus rupestris [00:03:04], Sea beech Delesseria sanguinea [00:04:28], Branched antenna hydroid Nemertesia ramosa [00:05:56], Hydroid Kirchenpaueria pinnata [00:06:35], Bryozoan Securiflustra securifrons [00:06:39], Common sunstar Crossaster papposus [00:07:04], Pink sea squrt Ascidia virginea [00:07:11], Velvet swimming crab Necora puber [00:07:25], Antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina with nudibranch spawn, [00:08:01], Hydroid Schizotricha frutescens [00:08:25], Greater pipefish Syngnathus acus [00:08:37], Mating nudibranchs Polycera faeroensis [00:08:58], Candy striped flatworm Prostheceraeus vittatus [00:09:14].

Species list (71 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia botryoides
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Sertularella gayi
Antennella secundaria
Halopteris catharina
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Schizotricha frutescens
Aglaophenia tubulifera
Obelia geniculata
Alcyonium digitatum
Synarachnactis lloydii
Epizoanthus couchii
Caryophyllia smithii
PLATYHELMINTHES
Prostheceraeus vittatus
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pseudoprotella phasma
Pagurus bernhardus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Euspira catena
Lomanotus genei
Doto fragilis
Doto hystrix
Doto pinnatifida
Okenia aspersa
Polycera faeroensis
Thecacera pennigera
Antiopella cristata
Coryphella lineata
Amphorina andra
Eubranchus tricolor
Pecten maximus
Aequipecten opercularis
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Flustra foliacea
Securiflustra securifrons
Bugulina flabellata
Crisularia plumosa
Bicellariella ciliata
Cellaria fistulosa
PHORONIDA
Phoronis hippocrepia
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiura albida
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Pycnoclavella stolonialis
Aplidium nordmanni
Ascidia virginea
PISCES
Syngnathus acus
Ctenolabrus rupestris
RHODOPHYTA
Kallymenia reniformis
Plocamium lyngbyanum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Acrosorium venulosum
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima

Biotope 1 : Flustra foliacea and colonial ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock. CR.HCR.XFa.FluCoAs

PORIFERA
Leucosolenia botryoides O
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum F
Sertularella gayi R
Antennella secundaria R
Halopteris catharina O
Kirchenpaueria pinnata F
Nemertesia antennina F
Nemertesia ramosa F
Schizotricha frutescens O
Aglaophenia tubulifera R
Obelia geniculata C
Alcyonium digitatum F
Synarachnactis lloydii O
Epizoanthus couchii O
Caryophyllia smithii O
PLATYHELMINTHES
Prostheceraeus vittatus R
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus R
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus F
Pseudoprotella phasma R
Pagurus bernhardus R
Necora puber R
MOLLUSCA
Euspira catena O
Lomanotus genei R
Doto fragilis R
Doto hystrix R
Doto pinnatifida F
Okenia aspersa R
Polycera faeroensis O
Thecacera pennigera R
Antiopella cristata R
Coryphella lineata R
Amphorina andra R
Eubranchus tricolor R
Pecten maximus F
Aequipecten opercularis R
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata F
Crisia eburnea F
Alcyonidium diaphanum O
Membranipora membranacea R
Flustra foliacea C
Securiflustra securifrons O
Bugulina flabellata O
Crisularia plumosa O
Bicellariella ciliata O
Cellaria fistulosa O
PHORONIDA
Phoronis hippocrepia R
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida R
Crossaster papposus R
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens R
Marthasterias glacialis O
Ophiura albida R
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis C
Pycnoclavella stolonialis R
Aplidium nordmanni O
Ascidia virginea R
PISCES
Syngnathus acus R
Ctenolabrus rupestris O
RHODOPHYTA
Kallymenia reniformis O
Plocamium lyngbyanum O
Lomentaria clavellosa R
Heterosiphonia plumosa C
Acrosorium venulosum C
Cryptopleura ramosa O
Delesseria sanguinea C
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides R
Nitophyllum punctatum R
Phycodrys rubens O
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma O
Laminaria hyperborea C
Saccharina latissima C

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