MBDP-NI: Site details Octopus Alley, Church Bay

Priority species

Non-indigenous species

Octopus Alley, Church Bay

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Survey number: 782 Event number: 20250521/02 Date: 2025-05-21 GPS: 55.27463,-6.22467. Depth: -25.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Circalittoral tide-swept mixed sediment (coarse sand, gravel, cobbles) with boulders on flat seabed.

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Species list (29 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Sublittoral mixed sediment. SS.SMx (EUNIS A5.4)

PORIFERA
Cliona celata R
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa R
Abietinaria abietina R
Diphasia margareta F
Sertularella gayi R
Nemertesia antennina F
Nemertesia ramosa F
Aglaophenia tubulifera O
Caryophyllia smithii F
CRUSTACEA
Dyopedos sp. P
Eualus sp. P
Anapagurus sp. R
Anapagurus hyndmanni P
Galathea intermedia P
Munida rugosa R
Ebalia tuberosa R
Hyas coarctatus P
Inachus sp. R
MOLLUSCA
Doto fragilis P
Doto lemchei P
Doto pinnatifida P
Facelina auriculata P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata C
Flustra foliacea C
Securiflustra securifrons O
Cellaria sinuosa P
Pentapora foliacea R
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus P
RHODOPHYTA
Stenogramma interruptum F