MBDP-NI: Site details Pawle Is, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Pawle Is, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830808/04 Date: 1983-08-08 GPS: 54.44200,-5.61000 [ View map ]

Site Description: Gravely sand with scattered L. saccharina Plants and occasional clumps of Nemertesia. Stenogramme most abundant algae.

Species list (54 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus
Cliona celata
Amphilectus fucorum
Suberites carnosus
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Kirchenpaueria pinnata
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Obelia geniculata
Synarachnactis lloydii
Cylista elegans
Sagartia lacerata
ANNELIDA
Sabella pavonina
Serpula vermicularis
Protula tubularia
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pagurus bernhardus
Macropodia rostrata
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Eubranchus tricolor
Musculus subpictus
Pecten maximus
Aequipecten opercularis
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
Scrupocellaria scruposa
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Echinus esculentus
Thyone fusus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
Ascidia mentula
Polycarpa scuba
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Lithophyllum sp.
Cystoclonium purpureum
Dilsea carnosa
Phyllophora crispa
Stenogramma interruptum
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria clavellosa
Cordylecladia erecta
Halurus flosculosus
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Phycodrys rubens
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia aculeata
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp.

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Polymastia penicillus P
Cliona celata P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Suberites carnosus P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Kirchenpaueria pinnata P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Obelia geniculata P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
Cylista elegans P
Sagartia lacerata P
ANNELIDA
Sabella pavonina P
Serpula vermicularis P
Protula tubularia P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Macropodia rostrata P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Eubranchus tricolor P
Musculus subpictus P
Pecten maximus P
Aequipecten opercularis P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
Scrupocellaria scruposa P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
Echinus esculentus P
Thyone fusus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
Ascidia mentula P
Polycarpa scuba P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Cystoclonium purpureum P
Dilsea carnosa P
Phyllophora crispa P
Stenogramma interruptum P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria clavellosa P
Cordylecladia erecta P
Halurus flosculosus P
Heterosiphonia plumosa P
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides P
Phycodrys rubens P
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva sp. P