MBDP-NI: Site details Rue Point, Strangford Lough Narrows.

Priority species

Rue Point, Strangford Lough Narrows.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830811/08 Date: 1983-08-11 GPS: 54.36467,-5.54050. Depth: -2.0 to -2.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Plain of boulders mainly covered in Didemnids and areas of mobile cobbles. Boulders with kelp and fairly loose.

Species list (64 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis
Amphilectus fucorum
Halichondria bowerbanki
Haliclona simulans
CNIDARIA
Ectopleura larynx
Eudendrium sp.
Eudendrium insigne
Garveia nutans
Sertularia argentea
Obelia geniculata
Epizoanthus couchii
Gonactinia prolifera
Cylista elegans
ANNELIDA
Nereis pelagica
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Pisidia longicornis
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Testudinalia testudinalis
Trophon truncatus
Buccinum undatum
Hinia (Hima) incrassata
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
Ocnus lacteus
TUNICATA
Trididemnum cereum
Didemnum sp.
Didemnum maculosum
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata
Ahnfeltia plicata
Hildenbrandia rubra
Lithophyllum sp.
Cruoria cruoriaeformis
Dilsea carnosa
Chondrus crispus
Plagiospora gracilis
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Peyssonnelia dubyi
Erythrodermis traillii
Plocamium cartilagineum
Callithamnion sp.
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Halurus flosculosus
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Membranoptera alata
Phycodrys rubens
Odonthalia dentata
CHROMOPHYTA
Pseudolithoderma extensum
Desmarestia aculeata
Laminaria hyperborea
Saccharina latissima
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca
Chaetomorpha melagonium
Cladophora sp.
Bryopsis plumosa

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Dysidea fragilis P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Haliclona simulans P
CNIDARIA
Ectopleura larynx P
Eudendrium sp. P
Eudendrium insigne P
Garveia nutans P
Sertularia argentea P
Obelia geniculata P
Epizoanthus couchii P
Gonactinia prolifera P
Cylista elegans P
ANNELIDA
Nereis pelagica P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Pisidia longicornis P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Testudinalia testudinalis P
Trophon truncatus P
Buccinum undatum P
Hinia (Hima) incrassata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Cellepora pumicosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Echinus esculentus P
Ocnus lacteus P
TUNICATA
Trididemnum cereum P
Didemnum sp. P
Didemnum maculosum P
PISCES
Ctenolabrus rupestris P
RHODOPHYTA
Palmaria palmata P
Ahnfeltia plicata P
Hildenbrandia rubra P
Lithophyllum sp. P
Cruoria cruoriaeformis P
Dilsea carnosa P
Chondrus crispus P
Plagiospora gracilis P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Peyssonnelia dubyi P
Erythrodermis traillii P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Callithamnion sp. P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Halurus flosculosus P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Membranoptera alata P
Phycodrys rubens P
Odonthalia dentata P
CHROMOPHYTA
Pseudolithoderma extensum P
Desmarestia aculeata P
Laminaria hyperborea P
Saccharina latissima P
CHLOROPHYTA
Ulva lactuca P
Chaetomorpha melagonium P
Cladophora sp. P
Bryopsis plumosa P