MBDP-NI: Site details Holm Bay, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Holm Bay, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830803/09 Date: 1983-08-03 GPS: 54.40600,-5.63650 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of fairly soft mud. Virgularia; Cerianthus and single Nephrops. Occasional L. saccharina.

Species list (32 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Cliona celata
Halichondria bowerbanki
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Virgularia mirabilis
Synarachnactis lloydii
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pandalus montagui
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Pagurus cuanensis
Inachus dorsettensis
Macropodia rostrata
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Turritellinella tricarinata
Pecten maximus
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Didemnum sp.
Ascidiella aspersa
Ascidia mentula
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp.

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Cliona celata P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Virgularia mirabilis P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pandalus montagui P
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Pagurus cuanensis P
Inachus dorsettensis P
Macropodia rostrata P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Turritellinella tricarinata P
Pecten maximus P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Didemnum sp. P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Ascidia mentula P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp. P