MBDP-NI: Site details SW of Dunnyneill Is, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

SW of Dunnyneill Is, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830805/03 Date: 1983-08-05 GPS: 54.40750,-5.61150. Depth: -26.0 to -27.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Ophiothrix muddy gravel plain. Rare cobble more frequent boulders at end of dive.

Species list (47 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Stelligera montagui
Cliona celata
Myxilla rosacea
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Urticina eques
ANNELIDA
Lepidonotus squamatus
Myxicola infundibulum
Pomatoceros triqueter
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pagurus bernhardus
Pisidia longicornis
Inachus phalangium
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Tonicella marmorea
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida
Steromphala cineraria
Velutina (Velutina) velutina
Doto pinnatifida
Okenia nodosa
Catriona gymnota
Mimachlamys varia
Pododesmus patelliformis
Hiatella arctica
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Ophiura albida
Psammechinus miliaris
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Aplidium nordmanni
Ciona intestinalis
Ascidia mentula
Ascidia virginea
Polycarpa pomaria
Botrylloides leachi

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Stelligera montagui P
Cliona celata P
Myxilla rosacea P
Suberites carnosus P
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Urticina eques P
ANNELIDA
Lepidonotus squamatus P
Myxicola infundibulum P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Pisidia longicornis P
Inachus phalangium P
Cancer pagurus P
Polybius depurator P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Tonicella marmorea P
Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura P
Gibbula (Colliculus) tumida P
Steromphala cineraria P
Velutina (Velutina) velutina P
Doto pinnatifida P
Okenia nodosa P
Catriona gymnota P
Mimachlamys varia P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
Hiatella arctica P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Cradoscrupocellaria reptans P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Ophiura albida P
Psammechinus miliaris P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Aplidium nordmanni P
Ciona intestinalis P
Ascidia mentula P
Ascidia virginea P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Botrylloides leachi P