Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : E of Skate Rock, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-09 GPS : 54.38997,-5.62022. Depth : 12.7 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Muddy sand with Amphiura filiformis, Synarachnactis lloydii (as Cerianthus lloydi), Turritellinella communis (as Turritella communis), Virgularia mirabilis and Ophiura albida. Thick mud below surface. Decaying seaweeds. Shallow impressions into mud. Some Nephrops norvegicus burrows.

Species list (15 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral sandy mud.