MBDP-NI: Site details Town Rock, Killyleagh, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Town Rock, Killyleagh, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830803/01 Date: 1983-08-03 GPS: 54.39367,-5.63667 [ View map ]

Site Description: Sandy mud with quite a lot of shell debris. Cobbles scattered everywhere some bored.

Species list (50 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Halichondria bowerbanki
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata
Halecium halecinum
Abietinaria abietina
Sertularia argentea
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Virgularia mirabilis
Synarachnactis lloydii
Urticina eques
Sagartia lacerata
Sagartia undata
Calliactis palliata
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
Bispira volutacornis
Pomatoceros triqueter
CHELICERATA
Endeis spinosa
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pandalus montagui
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Galathea intermedia
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Necora puber
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Steromphala cineraria
Turritellinella tricarinata
Buccinum undatum
Pecten maximus
Aequipecten opercularis
Hiatella arctica
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Didemnum sp.
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
Ascidia mentula
Dendrodoa grossularia
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus
Pleuronectes platessa
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Plocamium cartilagineum
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata P
Halecium halecinum P
Abietinaria abietina P
Sertularia argentea P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Virgularia mirabilis P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
Urticina eques P
Sagartia lacerata P
Sagartia undata P
Calliactis palliata P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
Bispira volutacornis P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CHELICERATA
Endeis spinosa P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pandalus montagui P
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Galathea intermedia P
Cancer pagurus P
Polybius depurator P
Necora puber P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Steromphala cineraria P
Turritellinella tricarinata P
Buccinum undatum P
Pecten maximus P
Aequipecten opercularis P
Hiatella arctica P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Didemnum sp. P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Ascidia mentula P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus P
Pleuronectes platessa P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P