MBDP-NI: Site details SE of Pawle Rock, Strangford Lough

Priority species

Priority habitats

Non-Native species

SE of Pawle Rock, Strangford Lough

[Site list for year 2003]

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030730/02 Date: 2003-07-30 GPS: 54.43958,-5.61177. Depth: 22.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Nephrops norvegicus bed. Mud with fragments of dead shell. Some small pebbles. Occasional Calocaris burrows.

Species list (18 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Polymastia boletiformis
Cliona celata
Amphilectus fucorum
Mycale subclavata
Halichondria bowerbanki
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Cyanea capillata
Synarachnactis lloydii
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Inachus dorsettensis
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Carcinus maenas
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral mixed sediment. SS.SMx.CMx (EUNIS A5.44)

PORIFERA
Polymastia boletiformis O
Cliona celata O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Mycale subclavata R
Halichondria bowerbanki R
Suberites carnosus F
CNIDARIA
Cyanea capillata O
Synarachnactis lloydii O
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Cancer pagurus O
Polybius depurator O
Carcinus maenas O
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum R
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens O
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa O
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O