MBDP-NI: Site details Chapel Island Roads, Strangford Lough

Chapel Island Roads, Strangford Lough

Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240726/01 Date: 2024-07-26 GPS: 54.39121,-5.60893. Depth: -22.0 to -15.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Muddy sand seabed with slight current, with shell and Synarachnactis lloydii, Ophiura albida and Amphiura filiformis. Amphiura filiformis and Echinocardium flavescens in the sediment.

Species list (21 species recorded):

CNIDARIA
Sertularella polyzonias
Obelia geniculata
Synarachnactis lloydii
Urticina eques
ANNELIDA
TEREBELLIDA sp.
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus
Polybius depurator
Necora puber
Carcinus maenas
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens
Amphiura filiformis
Ophiura albida
Echinocardium flavescens
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Eutrigla gurnardus
Pomatoschistus flavescens
Pomatoschistus sp.
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum
Plocamium sp.
Heterosiphonia plumosa

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral muddy sand. SS.SSa.CMuSa

CNIDARIA
Sertularella polyzonias R
Obelia geniculata R
Synarachnactis lloydii F
Urticina eques R
ANNELIDA
TEREBELLIDA sp. O
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus O
Polybius depurator F
Necora puber O
Carcinus maenas O
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum F
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens R
Amphiura filiformis C
Ophiura albida C
Echinocardium flavescens R
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa R
PISCES
Eutrigla gurnardus R
Pomatoschistus flavescens O
Pomatoschistus sp. C
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum O
Plocamium sp. O
Heterosiphonia plumosa F

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