MBDP-NI: Site details E of Taggart Is, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Non-indigenous species

E of Taggart Is, Strangford Lough.

[Site list for year 1976]

Survey number: 551 Event number: 19760603/01 Date: 1976-06-03 GPS: 54.41617,-5.62333 [ View map ]

Site Description: Very rich Modiolus community 3-4 clumps/sq m. Clumps covered in dense Ophiothrix. Sediment between clumps very silty.

No images for site.

Species list (15 species recorded):

CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Macropodia rostrata
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum
Modiolus modiolus
Aequipecten opercularis
Eledone cirrhosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Ophiothrix fragilis
Ophiocomina nigra
Echinus esculentus

No biotope record.

CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus P
Macropodia rostrata P
Cancer pagurus P
Polybius depurator P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum P
Modiolus modiolus P
Aequipecten opercularis P
Eledone cirrhosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
Asterias rubens P
Marthasterias glacialis P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Ophiocomina nigra P
Echinus esculentus P