Activity report: Ben Holt - RPP5

Biodiversity SurveyThis was the Rock Pool Project survey number 43

Here are your survey results

Common name Scientific name Group New record?

angular crab Goneplax rhomboides Crustaceans Not found

Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus Crustaceans Not found

common spider crab Maja squinado Crustaceans Not found

devil crab Necora puber Crustaceans Not found

edible crab Cancer pagurus Crustaceans NA

great spider crab Hyas araneus Crustaceans Not found

Location: Gyllyngvase

Site: Gylly North

Date: 23/05/2019

Time: 14:29

Low Tide Time: 15:15

Low tide Height: 1.1

Weather: Sunny

Verified by: Ben Holt

Common name Scientific name Group New record?

groovy crab Xaiva biguttata Crustaceans Not found

hairy crab Pilumnus hirtellus Crustaceans Not found

harbour crab Liocarcinus depurator Crustaceans Not found

Leach’s spider crab Inachus phalangium Crustaceans Not found

long-legged spider crab Macropodia rostrata Crustaceans Not found

Montagu’s crab Xantho incisus Crustaceans NA

Risso’s crab Xantho pilipes Crustaceans Not found

rush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi Crustaceans Not found

shore crab Carcinus maenas Crustaceans Not found

Pictures of your finds

Mini-bioblitz species

Common name Scientific name Group New record?

broad-clawed porcelaincrab

Porcellana platycheles Crustaceans First record for Gylly North

volcano barnacle Perforatus perforatus Crustaceans FIRST FOR THE ROCK POOLPROJECT

beadlet anemone Actinia equina Jellies, anemones, corals,etc

NA

snakelocks anemone Anemonia viridis Jellies, anemones, corals,etc

Joint first record for Gylly North

edible crab Montagu’s crab

Common name Scientific name Group New record?

dog whelk Nucella lapillus Molluscs NA

grey top shell Gibbula cineraria Molluscs Your first record for this species

netted dog whelk Hinia reticulata Molluscs First record for all Gyllyngvase sites

periwinkle Littorina littorea Molluscs First record for Gylly North

purple top shell Gibbula umbilicalis Molluscs NA

light bulb sea squirt Clavelina lepadiformis sea squirts First record for all Gyllyngvase sites

bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus Seaweeds & other algae Your first record for this species

pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida Seaweeds & other algae First record for Gylly North

rainbow wrack Cystoseiratamariscifolia

Seaweeds & other algae First record for all Gyllyngvase sites

saw wrack Fucus serratus Seaweeds & other algae NA

thong weed Himanthalia elongata Seaweeds & other algae First record for Gylly North

wireweed Sargassum muticum Seaweeds & other algae NA

honeycomb reef Worm Sabellaria alveolata Worms First record for all Gyllyngvase sites

Pictures of your mini-bioblitz finds

rainbow wrack

pepper dulse

thong weed

purple top shell

dog whelk

volcano barnacle

snakelocks anemone

saw wrack

broad-clawed porcelain crab

wireweed

netted dog whelk

bladder wrack

periwinkle

grey top shell

beadlet anemone

honeycomb reef Worm light bulb sea squirt