MBDP-NI: Site details N of Limestone Pladdy, Strangford Lough

N of Limestone Pladdy, Strangford Lough

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030801/04 Date: 2003-08-01 GPS: 54.42120,-5.61298. Depth: 14.4 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Nephrops norvegicus bed - large number of burrows - and Sagartia lacerata. Sandy mud and soft mud substrate.

Species list (9 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Suberites carnosus
Suberites pagurorum
CNIDARIA
Virgularia mirabilis
Synarachnactis lloydii
Sagartia lacerata
CRUSTACEA
Nephrops norvegicus
Pagurus sp.
Polybius depurator
MOLLUSCA
Turritellinella tricarinata

Biotope 1 : Seapens and burrowing megafauna in circalittoral fine mud. SS.SMu.CFiMu.SpnMeg (EUNIS A5.361)

PORIFERA
Suberites carnosus O
Suberites pagurorum R
CNIDARIA
Virgularia mirabilis R
Synarachnactis lloydii R
Sagartia lacerata F
CRUSTACEA
Nephrops norvegicus F
Pagurus sp. R
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Turritellinella tricarinata O