MBDP-NI: Site details N of Chapel Island, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

N of Chapel Island, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820615/04 Date: 1982-06-15 GPS: 54.38683,-5.62500 [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow sloping sediment plain. Algal mat over some areas. Occasional cobble with seaweed community.

Species list (37 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Cliona celata
CNIDARIA
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia antennina
Obelia geniculata
Synarachnactis lloydii
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
Sabella pavonina
CRUSTACEA
Inachus phalangium
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Doto dunnei
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Diplosoma listerianum
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
Ascidia mentula
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Gobiusculus flavescens
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Dilsea carnosa
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria orcadensis
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Saccorhiza polyschides

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Cliona celata P
CNIDARIA
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Nemertesia antennina P
Obelia geniculata P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
Sabella pavonina P
CRUSTACEA
Inachus phalangium P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Doto dunnei P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Diplosoma listerianum P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Ascidia mentula P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Gobiusculus flavescens P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Dilsea carnosa P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Saccorhiza polyschides P