MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Helens Bay, Belfast Lough.

Priority species

NW of Helens Bay, Belfast Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840515/03 Date: 1984-05-15 GPS: 54.68550,-5.77717 [ View map ]

Site Description: Plains of soft mud with some gravel on top. Occasional cobble with large Metridium. Crabs and Asterias common.

Species list (14 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Alcyonium digitatum
Synarachnactis lloydii
Metridium senile
Cylista elegans
Sagartia undata
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp.
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui
Pagurus bernhardus
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Dendrodoa grossularia

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Alcyonium digitatum P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
Metridium senile P
Cylista elegans P
Sagartia undata P
ANNELIDA
Amphitrite sp. P
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Cancer pagurus P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens P
TUNICATA
Dendrodoa grossularia P