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Ballyhenry Bay, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19860411/21 Date: 1986-04-11 GPS: 54.38900,-5.56300. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The site is on an Ascophyllum dominated boulder shore at the northern limit of Strangford Narrows, with a small intertidal region. The site is poor in algae, but has a high animal diversity, especially under boulders on the lower shore. There was a good exposure of Laminaria on this tide.

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Species list (184 species recorded)

PORIFERA	Cirratulus cirratus	Pseudoparatanais batei	Mimachlamys varia	Psammechinus miliaris	Lithophyllum incrustans	Cladostephus spongiosus
Grantia compressa	Capitella capitata	Palaemon elegans	Anomia ephippium	Echinus esculentus	Lithothamnion glaciale	Sphacelaria fusca
Leuconia nivea	Arenicola marina	Galathea squamifera	Venerupis corrugata	TUNICATA	Melobesia membranacea	Dictyota dichotoma
Ophlitaspongia papilla	Lanice conchilega	Galathea strigosa	Hiatella arctica	Polyclinum aurantium	Phymatolithon laevigatum	Laminaria digitata
Myxilla incrustans	Sabella pavonina	Porcellana platycheles	BRYOZOA	Sidnyum turbinatum	Phymatolithon lenormandii	Laminaria saccharina
Halichondria panicea	Hydroides norvegica	Atelecyclus sp.	Crisia denticulata	Trididemnum tenerum	Titanoderma pustulatum	Ascophyllum nodosum
Dysidea fragilis	Pomatoceros triqueter	Cancer pagurus	Crisia eburnea	Didemnum maculosum	Cystoclonium purpureum	Fucus serratus
Haliclona sp.	Filograna implexa	Polybius depurator	Tubulipora phalangea	Ascidiella aspersa	Dumontia contorta	Fucus spiralis
Laxosuberites sp.	Spirorbis rupestris	Carcinus maenas	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Ascidia conchilega	Coccotylus truncata	Fucus vesiculosus
CNIDARIA	Spirorbis spirorbis	MOLLUSCA	Alcyonidium gelatinosum	Dendrodoa grossularia	Erythrodermis traillii	Pelvetia canaliculata
Coryne eximia	Spirorbis tridentatus	Emarginula (Emarginula) fissura	Alcyonidium hirsutum	Botrylloides leachi	Mastocarpus stellatus	CHLOROPHYTA
Dynamena pumila	OLIGOCHAETA sp.	Calliostoma zizyphinum	Flustrellidra hispida	PISCES	Phyllophora pseudoceranoides	Monostroma grevillei
Sertularia sp.	CRUSTACEA	Testudinalia testudinalis	Scruparia ambigua	Ciliata mustela	Polyides rotundus	Ulothrix flacca
Laomedea flexuosa	Verruca stroemia	Tectura virginea	Membranipora membranacea	Nerophis lumbriciformis	Lomentaria articulata	Ulothrix speciosa
Actinia equina	Elminius modestus	Patella (Patella) ulyssiponensis	Electra pilosa	Lipophrys pholis	Lomentaria clavellosa	Entocladia flustrae
Urticina felina	Semibalanus balanoides	Patella (Patella) vulgata	Callopora lineata	Pholis gunnellus	Ceramium sp.	Pringsheimiella scutata
NEMERTEA	Balanus crenatus	Patella pellucida	Callopora rylandi	RHODOPHYTA	Membranoptera alata	Ulvella applanata
NEMERTEA sp.	AMPHIPODA sp.	Lacuna (Lacuna) pallidula	Celleporella hyalina	Bangia atropurpurea	Osmundea pinnatifida	Enteromorpha sp.
Lineus longissimus	Apherusa jurinei	Littorina (Littorina) littorea	Escharoides coccinea	Porphyra insolita	Polysiphonia lanosa	Enteromorpha flexuosa
Lineus ruber	Stenothoe monoculoides	Littorina (Neritrema) mariae	Schizoporella unicornis	Acrochaetium secundata	Polysiphonia stricta	Enteromorpha intestinalis
ENTOPROCTA	Orchestia mediterranea	Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta	Phaeostachys spinifera	Audouinella sp.	CHROMOPHYTA	Enteromorpha linza
Pedicellina cernua	Lysianassa ceratina	Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata	Microporella ciliata	Rhodochorton purpureum	Ectocarpus fasciculatus	Enteromorpha prolifera
Barentsia gracilis	Dexamine spinosa	Onoba (Onoba) semicostata	Cellepora pumicosa	Gelidium pusillum	Feldmannia sp.	Ulva fasciata
ANNELIDA	Amphithoe rubricata	Trivia (Trivia) monacha	ECHINODERMATA	Palmaria palmata	Hincksia sp.	Cladophora rupestris
Harmothoe extenuata	Jassa falcata	Nucella lapillus	Asterina gibbosa	Rhodothamniella floridula	Pylaiella littoralis
Harmothoe imbricata	Lembos websteri	Doris pseudoargus	Asterias rubens	Ahnfeltia plicata	Elachista fucicola
Eulalia sp.	Jaera albifrons	Mytilidae sp.	Leptasterias muelleri	Hildenbrandia rubra	Chilionema reptans
Eulalia viridis	Janira maculosa	Mytilus edulis	Ophiothrix fragilis	Corallina officinalis	Petalonia fascia
Nereis pelagica	Idotea granulosa	Musculus subpictus	Amphipholis squamata	Leptophytum sp.	Stragularia clavata

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