BEACH SURVEY FORM – A4 version

SPECIES – *can be ID confusion, check with leader

Number if countable, or estimate abundance using SACFOR

S = superabundant, A = abundant, C = common, F = frequent, O = occasional, R = rare/uncommon. If unsure put P = present

Site name Lee Bay / GPS/Grid ref
Recorder’s name Paula Ferris et al / Survey date10- March 2016
Telephone 01271 812789 / Email
Time taken 2 hours / How many surveyors 20
Tide 0.2 & high pressure / Weather Sunny & calm

Common species listed alphabetically, others to be photo’d & listed overleaf.

Common Name / Scientific Name / ü / Note / No.
Seaweeds*
Bladder Wrack / Fucus vesiculosus / A
Channelled Wrack / Pelvetia canaliculata / C
Cladophora / C. rupestris / C
Corallina / C.officianalis / A – poss Ellisolandia elongata
Cuvie / Laminaria hyperborea / A
Dulse / Palmaria palmata / C
Egg or Knotted Wrack / Ascophyllum nodosum / C
False Irish Moss / Mastocarpus stellatus / A
Gutweed / Ulva intestinalis / C
Irish Moss /Carrageen / Chondrus crispus / C
Oarweed / Laminaria digitata
Pepper Dulse / Osmundea pinnatifida / A
Pink encrusting algae / Lithothamnion / C
Purple Laver / Porphyra umbilicalis
Sausage Weed / Lomentaria articulata / C
Sea Lettuce / Ulva lactuca / O
Sea Oak / Halidrys siliquosa / R
Spiral Wrack / Fucus spiralis / C
Sugar Kelp / Saccharina latissima / F
Toothed Wrack / Fucus serratus / A
Wireweed / Sargassum muticum / O
Catanella caespitosa / O
Rhodothamniella floridula / C
Hildenbrandia rubra / O
Plumaria elegans / F
Lichina pygmaea / O
Black Tar lichen / Verrucaria maura / A
Sponges
Breadcrumb Sponge / Halichondria panicea / C
Purse Sponge / Grantia compressa / R
Tethya aurantium / R
Dysidia fragilis / C
Stelligera stuposa / C / 30
Anemones
Beadlet Anemone / Actinia equina / C
Dahlia Anemone / Urticina felina / R
Daisy Anemone / Cereus pedunculatus
Gem Anemone / Aulactinia verrucosa / F
Glaucous Pimplet* / Anthopleura thallia
Snakelocks Anemone / Anemonia viridis / C
Strawberry Anemone / Actinia fragacea / O
Sagartia troglodytes / R
Worms
Greenleaf Worm / Eulalia viridis / O
Honeycomb Worm / Sabellaria alveolata / O
Keel Worms / Spirobranchus triqueter / A
Sand Mason / Lanice conchilega
Tubeworms / Spirorbis spp. / O
Twin Fan Worm / Bispira volutacornis
Bootlace worm / Lineus longissimus / R
Bryozoans – sea mats
Sea Mat, rounded cells / Electra pilosa
Sea Mat, squared cells / Membranipora membranacea
Crustaceans
Barnacle sp.*
Volcano barnacle / Balanus perforatus / C
Megatrema anglicum / O
Broad-clawed Porcelain C. / Porcellana platycheles / A
Brown Shrimp / Crangon crangon
Common Prawn / Palaemon spp
Common Sea Slater / Ligia oceanica
Synisoma lancifer / R
Common Spider Crab / Maja squinado
Edible Crab / Cancer pagurus / O
Hermit Crab / Pagurus bernhardus / R
Long-clawed Porcelain C. / Pisidia longicornis / C
Shore Crab / Carcinus maenas / O
Squat Lobster / Galathea squamifera / R
Velvet Swimming Crab / Necora puber / C
Risso’s Crab / Xantho pilipes / C
Xantho incisus / C
Idotea granulosa
Springtail / Anurida maritima / O
Pycnogonids
Nymphon gracile / R
Endeis sp / R, probably E charybdaea
Achelia echinata / R
Molluscs
Blue Mussel / Mytilus edulis / R
Bearded mussel / Modiolus barbatus / R
Blue rayed Limpet / Patella pellucida / R
Chiton sp / O
Common Limpet / Patella vulgata / SA
Common Periwinkle / Littorina littorea / A / 33
Cowrie, Arctic / Trivia arctica / O
Cowrie, European (spots) / Trivia monacha
Cushion Star / Asterina gibbosa / R
Dog Whelk / Nucella lapillus / F
Flat Periwinkle / Littorina obtusata / F
Littorina mariae / O
Flat Top Shell / Gibbula umbilicalis / A
Grey Top Shell / Gibbula cineraria / C
Netted Dog Whelk / Hinia reticulata / R
Painted Topshell / Calliostoma zizyphinum / O
Rough Periwinkle / Littorina saxatilis / F
Sea Hare* / Aplysia punctata
Sea Lemons / Archidoris pseudoargus / R
Small Periwinkle / Melarhaphe neritoides / O
Sting Winkle / Ocenebra erinacea / O
Thick lipped Dog Whelk* / Hinia incrassata / R
Toothed Top Shell / Osilinus lineatus / A
Berthella plumula / R
Echinoderms
Brittlestars / Ophiothrix spp. / F
Amphipolas squamata / O
Common Starfish / Asterias rubens
Cushion Star / Asterina gibbosa / R
Green Sea Urchin / Psammechinus fragilis / O
Sea Cucumber / Ocnus lactea / O
Sea Squirts
(Orange tear drop)* / Morchellium argus / O
Star Ascidian* / Botryllus schlosseri
Fish
5 bearded Rockling / Ciliata mustela / R
Rock Goby* / Gobius paganellus / R
Long-spined Sea Scorpion / Taurulus bubalis
Montagu’s Blenny* / Coryphoblennius galerita
Shanny, Common Blenny / Lipophrys pholis
Shore Clingfish / Lepadogaster Lepadogaster / O
Shore Rockling* / Gaidropsaurus mediterraneus / R
Worm Pipefish / Nerophis lumbriciformis / R
Tompot Blenny / Parblennius gattorugine / R / 28
Cnidaria
Devonshire Cup Corals / Caryophyllia smithii / O/R – A group of 5-10 in a 5m stretch of gully below normal low tide. Not observed elsewhere. Coloured and white specimens.
Notes / additional uncommon species note here location eg H/M/L shore, gulley, rock-pool etc, any notable features, verifier & photographer
No.
81

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