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

Priority species

Priority habitats

Non-Native species

NW of Long Rock, Strangford Lough

[Site list for year 2003]

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030708/03 Date: 2003-07-08 GPS: 54.40933,-5.62700. Depth: 14.4 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Muddy sand - Amphiura filiformis community, with large bivalve molluscs.

Species list (30 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Mycale subclavata
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina
Synarachnactis lloydii
Urticina eques
Sagartia lacerata
Halcampa chrysanthellum
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus
Terebellidae sp.
Lanice conchilega
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
Spirobranchus
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Pagurus bernhardus
Inachus dorsettensis
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Facelina bostoniensis
Pecten maximus
Lutraria lutraria
Arctica islandica
Mya truncata
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Amphiura filiformis
Ophiura albida
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral muddy sand. SS.SSa.CMuSa (EUNIS A5.26)

PORIFERA
Mycale subclavata R
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina O
Synarachnactis lloydii F
Urticina eques O
Sagartia lacerata R
Halcampa chrysanthellum O
ANNELIDA
Chaetopterus variopedatus R
Terebellidae sp. R
Lanice conchilega O
Acromegalomma vesiculosum R
Spirobranchus R
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus O
Pagurus bernhardus O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Polybius depurator O
Carcinus maenas R
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria R
Facelina bostoniensis R
Pecten maximus R
Lutraria lutraria F
Arctica islandica F
Mya truncata F
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum O
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens R
Ophiothrix fragilis R
Amphiura filiformis A
Ophiura albida C
TUNICATA
Corella parallelogramma R
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum R