MBDP-NI: Site details Bird Island Passage, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Bird Island Passage, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830804/03 Date: 1983-08-04 GPS: 54.47800,-5.57717. Depth: -7.0 to -8.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Shallow mud slope. Fair covering of algae.

Species list (47 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Iophon hyndmani
Amphilectus fucorum
Mycale sp.
Suberites carnosus
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia ramosa
Obelia sp.
Obelia plicata
Cylista elegans
Sagartia undata
ANNELIDA
Notophyllum foliosum
Amphitrite sp.
Thelepus cincinnatus
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Inachus dorsettensis
Macropodia rostrata
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Gibbula magus
Buccinum undatum
Eubranchus tricolor
Modiolus modiolus
Aequipecten opercularis
Mimachlamys varia
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Thyone fusus
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Cystoclonium purpureum
Chondrus crispus
Gracilaria gracilis
Heterosiphonia plumosa
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Iophon hyndmani P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Mycale sp. P
Suberites carnosus P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata P
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Obelia sp. P
Obelia plicata P
Cylista elegans P
Sagartia undata P
ANNELIDA
Notophyllum foliosum P
Amphitrite sp. P
Thelepus cincinnatus P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Inachus dorsettensis P
Macropodia rostrata P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Gibbula magus P
Buccinum undatum P
Eubranchus tricolor P
Modiolus modiolus P
Aequipecten opercularis P
Mimachlamys varia P
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Thyone fusus P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Cystoclonium purpureum P
Chondrus crispus P
Gracilaria gracilis P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P