MBDP-NI: Site details SE of Abbey Rock, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

SE of Abbey Rock, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830601/03 Date: 1983-06-01 GPS: 54.42583,-5.58650. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Boulders and cobbles embedded in muddy gravel. Big bushes of Desmarestia with scattered small kelp plants.

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Species list (42 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa
Cliona celata
Mycale sp.
Mycale subclavata
CNIDARIA
Obelia dichotoma
Obelia geniculata
CRUSTACEA
Macropodia rostrata
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Tonicella marmorea
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Aequipecten opercularis
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Ophiura albida
Echinus esculentus
Thyone fusus
Thyone roscovita
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Ciona intestinalis
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyra sp.
Lithophyllum sp.
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Spermothamnion repens
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
Odonthalia dentata
Polysiphonia stricta
Pterosiphonia parasitica
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa P
Cliona celata P
Mycale sp. P
Mycale subclavata P
CNIDARIA
Obelia dichotoma P
Obelia geniculata P
CRUSTACEA
Macropodia rostrata P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Tonicella marmorea P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Aequipecten opercularis P
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa P
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Ophiura albida P
Echinus esculentus P
Thyone fusus P
Thyone roscovita P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Ciona intestinalis P
Ascidia conchilega P
Ascidia mentula P
RHODOPHYTA
Porphyra sp. P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Spermothamnion repens P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
Odonthalia dentata P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Pterosiphonia parasitica P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P