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Ballywhite Bank, Strangford Lough
Survey number: 780 Event number: 20240722/01 Date: 2024-07-22 GPS: 54.39743,-5.58347. Depth: -15.0 to -20.0 m. [ View map ]
Site Description: Habitat looks disturbed (boulders overturned, damage to erect sponges); lots of encrusting ascidian Diplosoma sp. (potential non-native) abundant and overgrowing other marine life.
Species list (35 species recorded):
PORIFERA
Raspailia hispida
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Halecium plumosum
Halopteris catharina
Nemertesia antennina
Clytia hemisphaerica
Synarachnactis lloydii
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Galathea sp.
Munida rugosa
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Acanthodoris pilosa
Pecten maximus
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Bugulina flabellata
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Diplosoma sp.
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Callionymus reticulatus
Gobiusculus flavescens
Pomatoschistus sp.
RHODOPHYTA
RHODOPHYCEAE sp.
Kallymenia reniformis
Stenogramma interruptum
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Saccharina latissima
Raspailia hispida
Suberites carnosus
CNIDARIA
Halecium plumosum
Halopteris catharina
Nemertesia antennina
Clytia hemisphaerica
Synarachnactis lloydii
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Galathea sp.
Munida rugosa
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Acanthodoris pilosa
Pecten maximus
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Bugulina flabellata
Cellepora pumicosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Marthasterias glacialis
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Diplosoma sp.
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Callionymus reticulatus
Gobiusculus flavescens
Pomatoschistus sp.
RHODOPHYTA
RHODOPHYCEAE sp.
Kallymenia reniformis
Stenogramma interruptum
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma
Saccharina latissima
Biotope 1 : Tideswept channel with mixed sediment; sand, shell, gravel with some cobbles and boulders.
PORIFERA
Raspailia hispida R
Suberites carnosus R
CNIDARIA
Halecium plumosum O
Halopteris catharina F
Nemertesia antennina O
Clytia hemisphaerica O
Synarachnactis lloydii O
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus R
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus C
Galathea sp. R
Munida rugosa R
Cancer pagurus R
Polybius depurator F
Necora puber O
MOLLUSCA
Acanthodoris pilosa F
Pecten maximus R
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum C
Bugulina flabellata O
Cellepora pumicosa R
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens F
Marthasterias glacialis R
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis O
Diplosoma sp. A
Ascidiella aspersa C
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus O
Ctenolabrus rupestris R
Callionymus reticulatus R
Gobiusculus flavescens R
Pomatoschistus sp. F
RHODOPHYTA
RHODOPHYCEAE sp. C
Kallymenia reniformis R
Stenogramma interruptum O
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma F
Saccharina latissima O
Raspailia hispida R
Suberites carnosus R
CNIDARIA
Halecium plumosum O
Halopteris catharina F
Nemertesia antennina O
Clytia hemisphaerica O
Synarachnactis lloydii O
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus R
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus C
Galathea sp. R
Munida rugosa R
Cancer pagurus R
Polybius depurator F
Necora puber O
MOLLUSCA
Acanthodoris pilosa F
Pecten maximus R
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum C
Bugulina flabellata O
Cellepora pumicosa R
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens F
Marthasterias glacialis R
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis O
Diplosoma sp. A
Ascidiella aspersa C
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus O
Ctenolabrus rupestris R
Callionymus reticulatus R
Gobiusculus flavescens R
Pomatoschistus sp. F
RHODOPHYTA
RHODOPHYCEAE sp. C
Kallymenia reniformis R
Stenogramma interruptum O
CHROMOPHYTA
Dictyota dichotoma F
Saccharina latissima O
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