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Place name : South of Hadd Rock, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2025-10-12 GPS : 54.45467,-5.59350. Depth : -24.0 to -28.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Abundant dead shell (mainly Modiolus modiolus and Mimachlamys varia) on mud. This site was formerly a healthy Modiolus modiolus and Aequipecten opercularis bed. The dead shell was covered in a layer of fine silt. Antedon bifida was common.

Featherstars Antedon bifida, [00:00:09]; Long-legged spider crab Macropodia sp., [00:00:23]; Harbour crab Polybius depurator, [00:01:14]; Fluted ascidian Ascidiella aspersa [00:01:45]; Long-legged spider crab Macropodia sp., [00:01:56]; Dragonet Callionymus sp., [00:02:27]; Sponge Suberites carnosus, [00:02:41]; Greater pipefish, Syngnathus acus, [00:03:04]; Elegant anemone, Cylista elegans, [00:03:37]; Leach's spider crab Inachus phalangium, [00:04:16]; Pair of harbour crabs Polybius depurator, [00:04:53]; Fluted ascidian Ascidiella aspersa, [00:05:16]; Montagu's sea snail Liparis montagui, [00:05:47]; Boring sponge Cliona celata, [00:07:08]; Orange pumice bryozoan Cellepora pumicosa, [00:07:34]; Dragonet Callionymus sp., [00:07:43]; Pink ascidian Ascidia virginea, [00:07:52]; Lobe shell Philine quadripartita, [00:08:12]; Queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis, with sponge Suberites ficus, [00:08:41]; Montagu's prawn Pandalus montagui, [00:09:09]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus, [00:09:25]; Burrowing sea cucumber Thyone roscovita, [00:10:03]; Elegant anemone Cylista elegans, [00:10:17]; Risso's crab Xantho pilipes, [00:10:29]; Lobe shell Philine quadripartita, [00:10:57].

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