Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Pinnacle S of Long Sheelah, Strangford Lough

[Site list for year 2003]

Survey number: 561 Event number: 20030811/04 Date: 2003-08-11 GPS: 54.43883,-5.59700. Depth: 19.7 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Very fine mud with anoxic black layer approx. 4-5cm below surface. Many Turritella shells mixed in mud. Mud seems very stable. Nephrops track visible. Many burrows although many partially filled in. Several Nephrops, although most were small. Some Goneplax rhomboides. Many Sagartia lacerata. Occasional Virgularia mirabilis.

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