MBDP-NI: Site details WSW of Pig Island, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

WSW of Pig Island, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 551 Event number: 19800625/03 Date: 1980-06-25 GPS: 54.54867,-5.63333. Depth: -2.0 to -2.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Lot of Chorda and L. saccharina. Fine mud covering oozy mud. Patches of filamentous algae. Worm tubes -odd terebellid.

No images for site.

Species list (17 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Mycale rotalis
Myxilla cf. rosacea
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus sp.
Liocarcinus sp.
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Mytilus edulis
Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis
Aequipecten opercularis
Mimachlamys varia
Laevicardium crassum
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Marthasterias glacialis
TUNICATA
Ciona intestinalis
CHROMOPHYTA
Chorda filum
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Mycale rotalis P
Myxilla cf. rosacea P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus sp. P
Liocarcinus sp. P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Mytilus edulis P
Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis P
Aequipecten opercularis P
Mimachlamys varia P
Laevicardium crassum P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Marthasterias glacialis P
TUNICATA
Ciona intestinalis P
CHROMOPHYTA
Chorda filum P
Saccharina latissima P