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

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The Drop Off, Strangford Lough

Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240908/01 Date: 2024-09-08 GPS: 54.39040,-5.57894. Depth: -15.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

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

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Species list (31 species recorded):

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

PORIFERA
Pachymatisma johnstonia O
Cliona celata R
Haliclona indistincta R
Haliclona viscosa O
CNIDARIA
Amphisbetia operculata O
Sertularia argentea C
Nemertesia antennina C
Plumularia setacea O
Alcyonium digitatum C
Actinothoe sphyrodeta C
Corynactis viridis O
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus A
Homarus gammarus O
Cancer pagurus R
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum R
Crisularia plumosa R
Parasmittina trispinosa O
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus R
Henricia oculata O
Asterias rubens R
Marthasterias glacialis O
Echinus esculentus C
TUNICATA
Lissoclinum perforatum R
PISCES
Scyliorhinus canicula R
Pollachius pollachius R
Trisopterus minutus O
Centrolabrus exoletus O
Ctenolabrus rupestris F
Labrus bergylta O
Labrus mixtus R