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Place name : SE of Hadd Pole, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-03 GPS : 54.45653,-5.59355. Depth : 20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Scattered dead Modiolus shell

King scallop Pecten maximus [00:00:03]; Featherstars Antedon bifida [00:00:06]; Prawn Pandalus montagui [00:00:24]; Sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:01:22]; Common starfish Asterias rubens [00:01:36]; Common whelk Buccinum undatum [00:02:40]; Dead horse mussel shells Modiolus modiolus [00:02:21]; Dense featherstars Antedon bifida [00:06:46]; Long-clawed porcelain crab Pisidia longicornis [00:10:09]; Butterfish Pholis gunnellus [00:13:26].

Biotope 1 : 100m transect. Scattered dead Modiolus shell covered with Antedon and Ascidiella on mud. Many large Asterias rubens. Buccinum undatum congregating around pot. Circalittoral mixed sediment.

PORIFERA
Tethya citrina O
CNIDARIA
Hydrallmania falcata O
Urticina eques O
NEMERTEA
Tubulanus annulatus R
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui R
Pisidia longicornis F
Macropodia rostrata O
Cancer pagurus R
Polybius depurator C
Necora puber R
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum F
Modiolus modiolus R
Pecten maximus F
BRYOZOA
Scrupocellaria scruposa O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida A
Crossaster papposus O
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens C
Ophiothrix fragilis O
Echinus esculentus O
Thyone roscovita C
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa F
PISCES
Gadidae sp. R
Pholis gunnellus O
Pomatoschistus pictus C

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