MBDP-NI: Site details N of Dunnyneill Is, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

N of Dunnyneill Is, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830801/05 Date: 1983-08-01 GPS: 54.41217,-5.61283. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Large silted kelp. Poor algae and fauna.

Species list (54 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus
Cliona celata
Myxilla rosacea
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter
Spirorbis sp.
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Tonicella marmorea
Diodora graeca
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Testudinalia testudinalis
Mimachlamys varia
Anomia ephippium
Hiatella arctica
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Crossaster papposus
Echinus esculentus
Pawsonia saxicola
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Morchellium argus
Aplidium nordmanni
Didemnum sp.
Ascidiella scabra
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa pomaria
Polycarpa scuba
Dendrodoa grossularia
Pyura microcosmus
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Palmaria palmata
Lithophyllum sp.
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Phyllophora crispa
Plocamium cartilagineum
Rhodymenia delicatula
Delesseria sanguinea
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Saccharina latissima
Saccorhiza polyschides
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus P
Cliona celata P
Myxilla rosacea P
CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata P
ANNELIDA
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Spirorbis sp. P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Tonicella marmorea P
Diodora graeca P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Mimachlamys varia P
Anomia ephippium P
Hiatella arctica P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Crossaster papposus P
Echinus esculentus P
Pawsonia saxicola P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Morchellium argus P
Aplidium nordmanni P
Didemnum sp. P
Ascidiella scabra P
Ascidia conchilega P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Polycarpa scuba P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Pyura microcosmus P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Palmaria palmata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Phyllophora crispa P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Rhodymenia delicatula P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Saccharina latissima P
Saccorhiza polyschides P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P