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Selk Rock, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19860408/21 Date: 1986-04-08 GPS: 54.39200,-5.57800. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: A sheltered boulder and rock ridge (fissured) shore which is fucoid dominated mainly by Ascophyllum. The transect is situated over small slate-like ridges in the upper shore, a boulder flat stone and coarse sand and gravel mid shore, with a large relatively flat rock ridge (fissured) towards the lower shore. The extreme lower shore is of boulders and flat stones on coarse sand. The shore site is situated adjacent to Ballyhenry Island (NT owned) which has a near permanent causeway to land. The site is backed by a small saltmarsh. Waders, wildfowl and seabirds were seen on the shore. The zonation is fucoid with narrow upper and lower zones, and a large Ascophyllum dominated mid shore.

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Species list (189 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Cirratulus cirratus	Pagurus bernhardus	Venerupis corrugata	Polyclinum aurantium	Furcellaria lumbricalis	Ascophyllum nodosum
Leucosolenia sp.	Arenicola marina	Galathea dispersa	Turtonia minuta	Sidnyum turbinatum	Chondrus crispus	Fucus serratus
Sycon ciliatum	Jasmineira sp.	Pisidia longicornis	Hiatella arctica	Ascidia conchilega	Mastocarpus stellatus	Fucus spiralis
Grantia compressa	Sabella pavonina	Cancer pagurus	BRYOZOA	Dendrodoa grossularia	Phyllophora pseudoceranoides	Fucus vesiculosus
Ophlitaspongia papilla	Pomatoceros triqueter	Necora puber	Tubulipora phalangea	PISCES	Polyides rotundus	Pelvetia canaliculata
Myxilla incrustans	Filograna implexa	Carcinus maenas	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Anguilla anguilla	Lomentaria articulata	Himanthalia elongata
Halichondria panicea	Spirorbis sp.	MOLLUSCA	Alcyonidium gelatinosum	Nerophis lumbriciformis	Ceramium sp.	CHLOROPHYTA
Haliclona simulans	Spirorbis spirorbis	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Alcyonidium hirsutum	Lipophrys pholis	Plumaria plumosa	Spongomorpha aeruginosa
Halisarca dujardinii	Spirorbis tridentatus	Testudinalia testudinalis	Flustrellidra hispida	Pholis gunnellus	Membranoptera alata	Monostroma grevillei
Haliclona sp.	OLIGOCHAETA sp.	Patella (Patella) ulyssiponensis	Membranipora membranacea	RHODOPHYTA	Osmundea hybrida	Ulothrix flacca
Mycale sp.	CHELICERATA	Patella (Patella) vulgata	Electra pilosa	Porphyra amethystea	Osmundea pinnatifida	Ulothrix speciosa
Laxosuberites sp.	Pycnogonum littorale	Patella pellucida	Callopora craticula	Acrochaetium secundata	Polysiphonia sp.	Entocladia flustrae
CNIDARIA	CRUSTACEA	Littorina sp.	Callopora lineata	Rhodochorton purpureum	Polysiphonia atlantica	Entocladia viridis
Dynamena pumila	Verruca stroemia	Littorina (Littorina) littorea	Callopora rylandi	Gelidium pusillum	Polysiphonia lanosa	Tellamia sp.
Gonothyraea loveni	Semibalanus balanoides	Littorina (Neritrema) mariae	Scrupocellaria scruposa	Palmaria palmata	Polysiphonia stricta	Enteromorpha sp.
Obelia dichotoma	Apherusa jurinei	Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta	Celleporella hyalina	Rhodothamniella floridula	Rhodomela confervoides	Enteromorpha intestinalis
Actinia equina	Stenothoe monoculoides	Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata	Cryptosula pallasiana	Ahnfeltia plicata	CHROMOPHYTA	Enteromorpha linza
Anemonia viridis	Hyale prevostii	Skeneopsis planorbis	Schizoporella unicornis	Hildenbrandia rubra	Acinetospora crinita	Enteromorpha prolifera
Urticina felina	Orchestia mediterranea	Rissoa interrupta	Phaeostachys spinifera	Corallina officinalis	Ectocarpus siliculosus	Percursaria percursa
Edwardsiella carnea	Lysianassa ceratina	Onoba (Onoba) semicostata	Microporella ciliata	Leptophytum sp.	Feldmannia sp.	Ulva fasciata
NEMERTEA	Gammarus locusta	Nucella lapillus	Cellepora pumicosa	Lithophyllum incrustans	Hincksia ovata	Cladophora rupestris
NEMERTEA sp.	Amphithoe rubricata	Buccinum undatum	Celleporina hassallii	Lithophyllum orbiculatum	Pylaiella littoralis	Cladophora sericea
Lineus ruber	Lembos websteri	Aeolidia papillosa	ECHINODERMATA	Lithothamnion glaciale	Chilionema reptans	Rhizoclonium riparium
ENTOPROCTA	Corophium bonnellii	Mytilidae sp.	Asterina gibbosa	Melobesia membranacea	Cladostephus spongiosus	Codium atlanticum
Pedicellina cernua	Caprella linearis	Mytilus edulis	Asterina phylactica	Phymatolithon lenormandii	Sphacelaria cirrosa
ANNELIDA	Jaera albifrons	Musculus subpictus	Leptasterias muelleri	Pneophyllum sp.	Sphacelaria radicans
Harmothoe imbricata	Jaera forsmani	Musculus discors	Ophiothrix fragilis	Titanoderma pustulatum	Dictyota dichotoma
Lepidonotus squamatus	Idotea sp.	Mimachlamys varia	Amphipholis squamata	Catenella caespitosa	Laminaria digitata
Typosyllis armillaris	Idotea granulosa	Anomia ephippium	Echinus esculentus	Cystoclonium purpureum	Laminaria hyperborea
Nereis pelagica	Ligia oceanica	Lucinoma borealis	TUNICATA	Dumontia contorta	Laminaria saccharina

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