MBDP-NI: Site details The Drop Off, Strangford Lough

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The Drop Off, Strangford Lough

Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240907/02 Date: 2024-09-07 GPS: 54.39040,-5.57894. Depth: -15.0 to -25.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Very tide-swept faunal communities; circalittoral bedrock and boulders with soft corals

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Species list (40 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Cliona celata
Amphilectus fucorum
Halichondria panicea
Haliclona indistincta
Haliclona viscosa
CNIDARIA
Amphisbetia operculata
Sertularia argentea
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Alcyonium digitatum
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
ANNELIDA
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Homarus gammarus
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Acanthodoris pilosa
Pecten maximus
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Crisularia plumosa
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Lissoclinum perforatum
Ascidiella aspersa
Botryllus renierii
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus
Centrolabrus exoletus
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Labrus bergylta
Labrus mixtus
Parablennius gattorugine
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium sp.
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea

Biotope 1 : Very tide-swept faunal communities; circalittoral bedrock and boulders with soft corals. CR.HCR.FaT

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia O
Cliona celata O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Haliclona indistincta O
Haliclona viscosa O
CNIDARIA
Amphisbetia operculata O
Sertularia argentea O
Nemertesia antennina C
Nemertesia ramosa O
Alcyonium digitatum C
Actinothoe sphyrodeta C
ANNELIDA
Filograna implexa O
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus C
Homarus gammarus O
Necora puber F
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
Acanthodoris pilosa R
Pecten maximus R
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum C
Crisularia plumosa O
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus R
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens R
Marthasterias glacialis O
Echinus esculentus F
TUNICATA
Lissoclinum perforatum R
Ascidiella aspersa O
Botryllus renierii R
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus C
Centrolabrus exoletus O
Ctenolabrus rupestris F
Labrus bergylta O
Labrus mixtus O
Parablennius gattorugine R

Biotope 2 : Kelp park (Laminaria hyperborea) with foliose red algae

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum O
Halichondria panicea C
CNIDARIA
Amphisbetia operculata C
Alcyonium digitatum O
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum O
Membranipora membranacea C
ECHINODERMATA
Echinus esculentus O
PISCES
Centrolabrus exoletus R
RHODOPHYTA
Plocamium sp. F
Cryptopleura ramosa O
Delesseria sanguinea C
CHROMOPHYTA
Laminaria hyperborea C