MBDP-NI: Site details Quoile Estuary, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Quoile Estuary, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820630/02 Date: 1982-06-30 GPS: 54.37917,-5.64833 [ View map ]

Site Description: Brown mat on surface - diatoms?. Level mud bottom; many unidentified holes.

Species list (28 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Halichondria panicea
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata
Virgularia mirabilis
Sagartia lacerata
Calliactis palliata
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
Sabella pavonina
Pomatoceros triqueter
Spirorbis sp.
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Inachus dorsettensis
Macropodia rostrata
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Polysiphonia elongata
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima
Saccorhiza polyschides
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp.
Ulva lactuca
Cladophora sp.

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Halichondria panicea P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata P
Virgularia mirabilis P
Sagartia lacerata P
Calliactis palliata P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
Sabella pavonina P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Spirorbis sp. P
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Inachus dorsettensis P
Macropodia rostrata P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Polysiphonia elongata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P
Saccorhiza polyschides P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp. P
Ulva lactuca P
Cladophora sp. P