MBDP-NI: Site details NW of Newtown Rock, Strangford Lough

Priority species

Priority habitats

Non-Native species

NW of Newtown Rock, Strangford Lough

[Site list for year 2003]

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030708/01 Date: 2003-07-08 GPS: 54.49433,-5.59548. Depth: 28.3 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Featureless mud with very few Nephrops norvegicus and Hydrallmania falcata.

Species list (23 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral fine mud. SS.SMu.CFiMu (A5.36)

PORIFERA
Cliona celata O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Halichondria bowerbanki O
Suberites carnosus F
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Hydrallmania falcata O
Epizoanthus couchii O
Urticina eques O
Cylista elegans O
CRUSTACEA
Nephrops norvegicus R
Pagurus bernhardus R
Inachus dorsettensis R
Macropodia rostrata R
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Pecten maximus R
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus O
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens F
Echinus esculentus O
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus O
Callionymus lyra O
Pomatoschistus pictus R
Pleuronectidae sp. R