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

Priority species

Bird Island Passage, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830804/04 Date: 1983-08-04 GPS: 54.47817,-5.57750 [ View map ]

Site Description: Firm mud with patches of L. saccharina and dense Cystoclonium purpureum.

Species list (30 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata
Obelia geniculata
Sagartia lacerata
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
Lanice conchilega
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Macropodia rostrata
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Aequipecten opercularis
Mimachlamys varia
Mya truncata
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiura albida
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Gobiusculus flavescens
Pomatoschistus minutus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Cystoclonium purpureum
Plocamium cartilagineum
CHROMOPHYTA
Chorda filum
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata P
Obelia geniculata P
Sagartia lacerata P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
Lanice conchilega P
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Macropodia rostrata P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Aequipecten opercularis P
Mimachlamys varia P
Mya truncata P
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiura albida P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
PISCES
Gobiusculus flavescens P
Pomatoschistus minutus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Cystoclonium purpureum P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
CHROMOPHYTA
Chorda filum P
Saccharina latissima P