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Ringhaddy Rapids, Strangford Lough.

[Site list for year 1987]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19870506/21 Date: 1987-05-06 GPS: 54.44500,-5.63800. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The transect was taken across the upper part of the rapids, where they run over boulders beside a small islet. There was evidence of the 'emergence phenomenon' in that Fucus serratus was growing in and beside the channel high in the Ascophyllum zone.

No images for site.

Species list (110 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea
Grantia compressa
Leucosolenia sp.
Sycon ciliatum
Halisarca dujardinii
Myxilla incrustans
Halichondria panicea
Laxosuberites sp.
Haliclona sp.
CNIDARIA
CNIDARIA sp.
Dynamena pumila
Gonothyraea loveni
Laomedea flexuosa
Obelia dichotoma
Actinia equina
ANNELIDA
Cirratulus cirratus
Cirriformia tentaculata
Arenicola marina
Lanice conchilega
Fabricia sabella
Spirobranchus triqueter
Spirorbis rupestris
Spirorbis spirorbis
Spirorbis tridentatus
OLIGOCHAETA sp.
CHELICERATA
Achelia longipes
CRUSTACEA
Verruca stroemia
Austrominius modestus
Semibalanus balanoides
Balanus crenatus
Apherusa jurinei
Orchestia gammarellus
Amphithoe rubricata
Jaera albifrons
Idotea granulosa
Ligia oceanica
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Patella vulgata
Littorina littorea
Littorina (Neritrema) fabalis
Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta
Littorina obtusata
Rissoa interrupta
Onoba (Onoba) semicostata
Nucella lapillus
Mytilus edulis
Musculus subpictus
Musculus discors
Turtonia minuta
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Flustrellidra hispida
Electra pilosa
Schizoporella unicornis
ECHINODERMATA
Leptasterias muelleri
TUNICATA
Ascidia conchilega
Dendrodoa grossularia
PISCES
Lipophrys pholis
Pholis gunnellus
RHODOPHYTA
Erythrotrichia carnea
Porphyra amethystea
Acrochaetium secundata
Rhodothamniella floridula
Hildenbrandia rubra
Melobesia membranacea
Phymatolithon lenormandii
Titanoderma pustulatum
Catenella caespitosa
Cystoclonium purpureum
Dumontia contorta
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Chondrus crispus
Mastocarpus stellatus
Polyides rotundus
Ceramium sp.
Bostrychia scorpioides
Vertebrata lanosa
Polysiphonia stricta
Rhodomela confervoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Ectocarpus fasciculatus
Ectocarpus siliculosus
Pylaiella littoralis
Spongonema tomentosum
Elachista fucicola
Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus
Asperococcus compressus
Cladostephus spongiosus
Chorda filum
Saccharina latissima
Halidrys siliquosa
Ascophyllum nodosum
Fucus ceranoides
Fucus serratus
Fucus spiralis
Fucus vesiculosus
Pelvetia canaliculata
CHLOROPHYTA
Monostroma grevillei
Monostroma obscurum
Monostroma oxyspermum
Ulothrix flacca
Ulothrix subflaccida
Blidingia minima
Ulva sp.
Enteromorpha compressa
Ulva intestinalis
Ulva prolifera
Ulva fasciata
Chaetomorpha linum
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora sericea
Rhizoclonium riparium

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Clathrina coriacea P
Grantia compressa P
Leucosolenia sp. P
Sycon ciliatum P
Halisarca dujardinii P
Myxilla incrustans P
Halichondria panicea P
Laxosuberites sp. P
Haliclona sp. P
CNIDARIA
CNIDARIA sp. P
Dynamena pumila P
Gonothyraea loveni P
Laomedea flexuosa P
Obelia dichotoma P
Actinia equina P
ANNELIDA
Cirratulus cirratus P
Cirriformia tentaculata P
Arenicola marina P
Lanice conchilega P
Fabricia sabella P
Spirobranchus triqueter P
Spirorbis rupestris P
Spirorbis spirorbis P
Spirorbis tridentatus P
OLIGOCHAETA sp. P
CHELICERATA
Achelia longipes P
CRUSTACEA
Verruca stroemia P
Austrominius modestus P
Semibalanus balanoides P
Balanus crenatus P
Apherusa jurinei P
Orchestia gammarellus P
Amphithoe rubricata P
Jaera albifrons P
Idotea granulosa P
Ligia oceanica P
Carcinus maenas P
MOLLUSCA
Patella vulgata P
Littorina littorea P
Littorina (Neritrema) fabalis P
Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta P
Littorina obtusata P
Rissoa interrupta P
Onoba (Onoba) semicostata P
Nucella lapillus P
Mytilus edulis P
Musculus subpictus P
Musculus discors P
Turtonia minuta P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium hirsutum P
Flustrellidra hispida P
Electra pilosa P
Schizoporella unicornis P
ECHINODERMATA
Leptasterias muelleri P
TUNICATA
Ascidia conchilega P
Dendrodoa grossularia P
PISCES
Lipophrys pholis P
Pholis gunnellus P
RHODOPHYTA
Erythrotrichia carnea P
Porphyra amethystea P
Acrochaetium secundata P
Rhodothamniella floridula P
Hildenbrandia rubra P
Melobesia membranacea P
Phymatolithon lenormandii P
Titanoderma pustulatum P
Catenella caespitosa P
Cystoclonium purpureum P
Dumontia contorta P
Furcellaria lumbricalis P
Chondrus crispus P
Mastocarpus stellatus P
Polyides rotundus P
Ceramium sp. P
Bostrychia scorpioides P
Vertebrata lanosa P
Polysiphonia stricta P
Rhodomela confervoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Ectocarpus fasciculatus P
Ectocarpus siliculosus P
Pylaiella littoralis P
Spongonema tomentosum P
Elachista fucicola P
Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus P
Asperococcus compressus P
Cladostephus spongiosus P
Chorda filum P
Saccharina latissima P
Halidrys siliquosa P
Ascophyllum nodosum P
Fucus ceranoides P
Fucus serratus P
Fucus spiralis P
Fucus vesiculosus P
Pelvetia canaliculata P
CHLOROPHYTA
Monostroma grevillei P
Monostroma obscurum P
Monostroma oxyspermum P
Ulothrix flacca P
Ulothrix subflaccida P
Blidingia minima P
Ulva sp. P
Enteromorpha compressa P
Ulva intestinalis P
Ulva prolifera P
Ulva fasciata P
Chaetomorpha linum P
Cladophora rupestris P
Cladophora sericea P
Rhizoclonium riparium P

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