MBDP-NI: Site details NE of Mahee Is, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Invasive species

NE of Mahee Is, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830802/05 Date: 1983-08-02 GPS: 54.50850,-5.61833. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Soft smooth mud plain. Some areas barren others with clumps of Amphitrite sp. And Ascidiella aspersa.

Species list and abundance (30 species recorded):

Biotope 1	Obelia dichotoma P	Sabella pavonina P	Macropodia rostrata P	Modiolus modiolus P	Antedon bifida P	PISCES
PORIFERA	Metridium senile P	CRUSTACEA	Polybius depurator P	Mimachlamys varia P	TUNICATA	Syngnathus acus P
Amphilectus fucorum P	ANNELIDA	Balanus crenatus P	Carcinus maenas P	Anomia ephippium P	Diplosoma listerianum P	Pomatoschistus pictus P
Halichondria bowerbanki P	Aphrodita aculeata P	Crangon crangon P	MOLLUSCA	BRYOZOA	Corella parallelogramma P	CHROMOPHYTA
CNIDARIA	Amphitrite sp. P	Pagurus bernhardus P	Buccinum undatum P	Scrupocellaria scruposa P	Ascidiella aspersa P	Saccharina latissima P
Hydractinia echinata P	Thelepus cincinnatus P	Inachus dorsettensis P	Facelina bostoniensis P	ECHINODERMATA	Ascidiella scabra P