MBDP-NI: Site details NE of Long Sheelagh, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

NE of Long Sheelagh, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850808/02 Date: 1985-08-08 GPS: 54.45133,-5.58717 [ View map ]

Site Description: Modiolus modiolus on mud with occasional cobble; heavily colonised by sponges. Aequipecten common.

Species list (25 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Iophon hyndmani
Mycale sp.
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Halecium beanii
Hydrallmania falcata
Nemertesia ramosa
Plumularia setacea
Alcyonium digitatum
Synarachnactis lloydii
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Macropodia rostrata
MOLLUSCA
Doto fragilis
Modiolus modiolus
Aequipecten opercularis
Mimachlamys varia
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Ophiothrix fragilis
Thyone roscovita
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
Polycarpa pomaria
Dendrodoa grossularia
Botryllus schlosseri
PISCES
Diplecogaster bimaculata
Callionymus lyra

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Iophon hyndmani P
Mycale sp. P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Halecium beanii P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Plumularia setacea P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Synarachnactis lloydii P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Macropodia rostrata P
MOLLUSCA
Doto fragilis P
Modiolus modiolus P
Aequipecten opercularis P
Mimachlamys varia P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
ECHINODERMATA
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Thyone roscovita P
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma P
Polycarpa pomaria P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
Botryllus schlosseri P
PISCES
Diplecogaster bimaculata P
Callionymus lyra P