Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : N of West Maiden, The Maidens. County : Antrim

Date : 2024-08-01 GPS : 54.93212,-5.74163. Depth : -15.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Circalittoral tide-swept bedrock and boulders on shelly gravel. Hydroids abundant and diverse, including Diphasia alata and Diphasia nigra.

Cup-shaped sponge Axinella infundibuliformis [00:01:46]; Yellow hydroid Aglaophenia tubulifera [00:02:00]; Brown hydroid Diphasia alata and white hydroid Diphasia fallax [00:02:14]; Yellow hydroid Antenella secundaria [00:02:38]; Fan hydroid Polyplumaria flabellata [00:02:53]; Catharina's hydroid Halopteris catharina [00:02:59]; Hornwrack Flustra foliacea [00:03:58]; Antenna hydroid Nemertesia antennina [00:04:40]; Hedgehog sponge Polymastia boletiformis [00:05:15]; Yellow staghorn sponge Axinella dissimilis [00:05:21]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:06:00]; Fan hydroid Polyplumaria flabellata [00:06:26]; Yellow hydroid Serturella gayi [00:07:14]; Rare sponge Sphaerotylus renoufi and nudibranch Jorunna artsdatabankia [00:08:03]; Sea beech Delesseria sanguinea [00:08:36]; Plumose hydroid Halecium plumosum [00:09:06]; Faeroe nudibranch Polycera faeroensis [00:09:22]; Football sea squirt Diazona violacea [00:09:29]; Common sunstar Crossaster papposus [00:09:53]; Papillate nudibranch Crimora papillata [00:10:14]; Hydroid Diphasia nigra [00:10:26].

Species list (72 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Mixed faunal turf communities

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum O
Dysidea fragilis O
Axinella dissimilis R
Axinella infundibuliformis C
Eurypon sp. R
Raspailia hispida F
Stelligera stuposa F
Polymastia boletiformis F
Sphaerotylus renoufi R
Iophon hyndmani F
Myxilla fimbriata R
Suberites carnosus R
Haliclona urceolus O
CNIDARIA
Halecium plumosum F
Abietinaria abietina O
Diphasia alata A
Diphasia fallax A
Diphasia nigra R
Diphasia margareta O
Sertularella gayi R
Antennella secundaria O
Halopteris catharina O
Nemertesia antennina A
Nemertesia ramosa O
Polyplumaria flabellata C
Aglaophenia tubulifera F
Alcyonium digitatum O
Epizoanthus couchii R
Urticina felina R
Actinothoe sphyrodeta O
Caryophyllia smithii A
PLATYHELMINTHES
Prostheceraeus vittatus R
ANNELIDA
Lanice conchilega R
Sabella pavonina O
CRUSTACEA
Adna anglica O
Xantho pilipes R
MOLLUSCA
Doto fragilis R
Doto pinnatifida R
Doto tuberculata R
Okenia nodosa R
Ancula gibbosa R
Acanthodoris pilosa O
Acanthodoris pilosa R
Crimora papillata O
Polycera faeroensis R
Polycera quadrilineata R
Jorunna artsdatabankia R
Jorunna tomentosa R
Antiopella cristata R
Amphorina linensis R
Eubranchus tricolor R
Pecten maximus R
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata F
Crisia eburnea C
Plagioecia patina O
Alcyonidium diaphanum F
Flustra foliacea O
Securiflustra securifrons O
Cellaria fistulosa F
Cellaria sinuosa R
Buskea dichotoma R
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus R
Henricia oculata R
Echinus esculentus R
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis F
Diazona violacea R
Polycarpa pomaria O
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium sp. O
Heterosiphonia plumosa O
Acrosorium venulosum O
Delesseria sanguinea F
Drachiella spectabilis R
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma R