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Audley's Castle rocks, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19850709/21 Date: 1985-07-09 GPS: 54.38183,-5.57400. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The transect site is fairly typical of the zonation with an upper shore of stones on gravel, a middle shore of small boulders and stones with the occasional patch of muddy sand and a lower shore of boulder, stones or rock ridges. The shore has a fucoid zonation with the middle shore dominated by Ascophyllum.

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Species list (184 species recorded)

PORIFERA Cirratulus cirratus Jaera sp. Hiatella arctica Amphipholis squamata Hildenbrandia rubra Ralfsia sp.
Clathrina coriacea Arenicola marina Jaera albifrons BRYOZOA Ophiura ophiura Corallina officinalis Cladostephus spongiosus
Leucosolenia sp. Jasmineira caudata Idotea granulosa Crisia denticulata Psammechinus miliaris Leptophytum sp. Sphacelaria fusca
Sycon ciliatum Pomatoceros triqueter Ligia oceanica Crisia ramosa Echinus esculentus Melobesia membranacea Desmarestia aculeata
Grantia compressa Filograna implexa Pagurus bernhardus Lichenopora verrucaria TUNICATA Phymatolithon lenormandii Laminaria digitata
Myxilla incrustans Circeis spirillum Cancer pagurus Alcyonidium gelatinosum Clavelina lepadiformis Titanoderma pustulatum Laminaria saccharina
Halichondria panicea Spirorbis spirorbis Carcinus maenas Alcyonidium hirsutum Polyclinum aurantium Catenella caespitosa Ascophyllum nodosum
Laxosuberites sp. Spirorbis tridentatus MOLLUSCA Alcyonidium mytili Sidnyum turbinatum Cystoclonium purpureum Fucus serratus
CNIDARIA CHELICERATA Calliostoma zizyphinum Flustrellidra hispida Didemnum sp. Dilsea carnosa Fucus spiralis
Clava cornea Pycnogonum littorale Testudinalia testudinalis Scruparia chelata Corella parallelogramma Dumontia contorta Fucus vesiculosus
Dynamena pumila CRUSTACEA Tectura virginea Membranipora membranacea Ascidiella scabra Furcellaria lumbricalis Pelvetia canaliculata
Sertularia sp. Amphiascoides neglecta Patella (Patella) ulyssiponensis Electra pilosa Ascidia conchilega Erythrodermis traillii CHLOROPHYTA
Rhizocaulus verticillatus Verruca stroemia Patella (Patella) vulgata Callopora lineata Ascidia mentula Mastocarpus stellatus Spongomorpha aeruginosa
Obelia dichotoma Semibalanus balanoides Littorina (Littorina) littorea Scrupocellaria reptans Dendrodoa grossularia Phyllophora pseudoceranoides Entocladia perforans
Obelia geniculata Balanus crenatus Littorina (Neritrema) mariae Scrupocellaria scruposa Botryllus schlosseri Lomentaria articulata Blidingia minima
Actinia equina Apherusa bispinosa Littorina (Neritrema) neglecta Celleporella hyalina Botrylloides leachi Aglaothamnion byssoides Enteromorpha sp.
NEMERTEA Apherusa jurinei Littorina (Neritrema) obtusata Escharoides coccinea PISCES Ceramium sp. Enteromorpha clathrata
Lineus ruber Hyale prevostii Cingula (Cingula) cingillus Cryptosula pallasiana Anguilla anguilla Plumaria plumosa Enteromorpha compressa
ENTOPROCTA Talitridae sp. Onoba (Onoba) semicostata Phaeostachys spinifera Nerophis lumbriciformis Cryptopleura ramosa Enteromorpha intestinalis
Pedicellina cernua Orchestia gammarellus Ocenebra erinacea Microporella ciliata Lipophrys pholis Membranoptera alata Enteromorpha linza
ANNELIDA Orchestia mediterranea Nucella lapillus Haplopoma impressum Pholis gunnellus Polysiphonia lanosa Enteromorpha prolifera
Harmothoe extenuata Lysianassa ceratina Buccinum undatum Cellepora pumicosa RHODOPHYTA Polysiphonia stricta Ulva fasciata
Harmothoe impar Tritaeta gibbosa Mytilidae sp. Celleporina decipiens Erythrocladia irregularis CHROMOPHYTA Cladophora rupestris
Lepidonotus clava Amphithoe rubricata Mytilus edulis ECHINODERMATA Rhodochorton purpureum Acinetospora crinita Cladophora sericea
Lepidonotus squamatus Jassa falcata Musculus subpictus Asterina gibbosa Gelidium sp. Ectocarpus fasciculatus Rhizoclonium riparium
Eumida sanguinea Aora gracilis Musculus discors Solaster endeca Gelidium pusillum Ectocarpus siliculosus
Phyllodoce laminosa Lembos websteri Anomia ephippium Henricia sanguinolenta Palmaria palmata Pylaiella littoralis
Nereis pelagica Corophium sp. Turtonia minuta Asterias rubens Meiodiscus concrescens Elachista fucicola
Platynereis coccinea Corophium sextonae Hiatellidae sp. Ophiothrix fragilis Rhodothamniella floridula Chilionema reptans

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