MBDP-NI: Site details North of Audley's Point, Strangford Lough

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North of Audley's Point, Strangford Lough

Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240907/01 Date: 2024-09-07 GPS: 54.38644,-5.57984. Depth: -15.0 to -20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Mixed seabed of boulders, cobbles, stones and gravel in strong tidal streams.

Species list (14 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Nemertesia ramosa
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Eledone cirrhosa
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Diplosoma spongiforme
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum
Plocamium sp.
Heterosiphonia plumosa
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima

Biotope 1 : Sublittoral sediment. SS

CNIDARIA
Nemertesia ramosa O
Actinothoe sphyrodeta C
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus C
Necora puber R
MOLLUSCA
Eledone cirrhosa R
BRYOZOA
Membranipora membranacea C
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus R
TUNICATA
Diplosoma spongiforme C
Ascidiella aspersa C
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus F
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum O
Plocamium sp. C
Heterosiphonia plumosa F
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima C