MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Killowen Bank, Carlingford Lough.

Priority species

NW of Killowen Bank, Carlingford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19840605/02 Date: 1984-06-05 GPS: 54.07100,-6.19767 [ View map ]

Site Description: Fairly firm plain of fine sand with small ripples - Virgularia very common.

Species list (15 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata
Virgularia mirabilis
Cylista elegans
Sagartia undata
ANNELIDA
Arenicola marina
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum
Acanthocardia echinata
Mya truncata
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Amphiura filiformis
Ophiura albida
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa

No biotope record.

CNIDARIA
Hydractinia echinata P
Virgularia mirabilis P
Cylista elegans P
Sagartia undata P
ANNELIDA
Arenicola marina P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum P
Acanthocardia echinata P
Mya truncata P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
ECHINODERMATA
Amphiura filiformis P
Ophiura albida P
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa P