MBDP-NI: Site details N of Bankmore Hill, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

N of Bankmore Hill, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 551 Event number: 19800701/01 Date: 1980-07-01 GPS: 54.36833,-5.54083. Depth: -8.0 to -9.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Cobbles and boulders with very coarse sediment between. L. hyperborea with vast amount of epiflora and fauna.

Species list (25 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa
Halichondria sp.
CNIDARIA
Tubularia sp.
Alcyonium digitatum
Epizoanthus couchii
Cylista elegans
CRUSTACEA
Galathea sp.
Cancer pagurus
Necora puber
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiopholis aculeata
Psammechinus miliaris
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Aplidium sp.
Didemnum sp.
Diplosoma sp.
Ascidia sp.
PISCES
Labrus bergylta
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Grantia compressa P
Halichondria sp. P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia sp. P
Alcyonium digitatum P
Epizoanthus couchii P
Cylista elegans P
CRUSTACEA
Galathea sp. P
Cancer pagurus P
Necora puber P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiopholis aculeata P
Psammechinus miliaris P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Aplidium sp. P
Didemnum sp. P
Diplosoma sp. P
Ascidia sp. P
PISCES
Labrus bergylta P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P