MBDP-NI: E of Black Rock, Strangford Lough

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

Date : 2003-07-21 GPS : 54.42790,-5.61583. Depth : 24.8 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Patchy Modiolus modiolus clumps covered with sediment. Clumps covered with Ascidiella aspersa and Antedon bifida. Heavy silt build up.

Swimming crab Polybius depurator [00:00:21]; Common sea urchin Echinus esculentus [00:00:37]; Pleurobranchus membranaceus spawn [00:02:54].

Species list (18 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum
Mycale subclavata
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum
Obelia dichotoma
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Polybius depurator
Necora puber
MOLLUSCA
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
Modiolus modiolus
Mimachlamys varia
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
Thyone roscovita
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis
Ascidiella aspersa
PISCES
Pomatoschistus minutus

Biotope 2 : Circalittoral mixed sediment.

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum O
Mycale subclavata P
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Obelia dichotoma O
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus F
Polybius depurator O
Necora puber O
MOLLUSCA
Pleurobranchus membranaceus O
Modiolus modiolus C
Mimachlamys varia O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida C
Asterias rubens F
Ophiothrix fragilis O
Echinus esculentus O
Thyone roscovita O
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis O
Ascidiella aspersa C
PISCES
Pomatoschistus minutus O

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