MBDP-NI: Site details Marlfield Bay, Strangford Lough.

Priority species

Marlfield Bay, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19820513/01 Date: 1982-05-13 GPS: 54.40583,-5.58583. Depth: -23.0 to -24.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Sandy gravel with Ophiothrix abundant. A few dead shells.

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Species list (44 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum
Cliona celata
Mycale rotalis
Halichondria bowerbanki
Suberites carnosus
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Halecium beanii
Halecium halecinum
Nemertesia antennina
Nemertesia ramosa
Aglaophenia tubulifera
Campanularia sp.
ANNELIDA
Lepidonotus squamatus
Pomatoceros triqueter
Filograna implexa
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Munida rugosa
Inachus leptochirus
Macropodia rostrata
Eurynome aspera
Cancer pagurus
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Polycera faeroensis
Aequipecten opercularis
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Bugula sp.
Cellaria fistulosa
Cellaria sinuosa
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Crossaster papposus
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Amphipholis squamata
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Synoicum pulmonaria
Ciona intestinalis
Corella parallelogramma
Ascidiella aspersa
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp.
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum P
Cliona celata P
Mycale rotalis P
Halichondria bowerbanki P
Suberites carnosus P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Halecium beanii P
Halecium halecinum P
Nemertesia antennina P
Nemertesia ramosa P
Aglaophenia tubulifera P
Campanularia sp. P
ANNELIDA
Lepidonotus squamatus P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Filograna implexa P
CRUSTACEA
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Munida rugosa P
Inachus leptochirus P
Macropodia rostrata P
Eurynome aspera P
Cancer pagurus P
MOLLUSCA
Leptochiton asellus P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Polycera faeroensis P
Aequipecten opercularis P
BRYOZOA
Crisia denticulata P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Bugula sp. P
Cellaria fistulosa P
Cellaria sinuosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Crossaster papposus P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Amphipholis squamata P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis P
Synoicum pulmonaria P
Ciona intestinalis P
Corella parallelogramma P
Ascidiella aspersa P
RHODOPHYTA
Lithophyllum sp. P
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima P