MBDP-NI: N of South Rock, Strangford Lough

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

Date : 2003-07-21 GPS : 54.47193,-5.58187. Depth : 15.1 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Mud with scattered broken (mainly Modiolus modiolus shell) & Alcyonium digitatum / Cylista elegans. Some hedgehog stones maerl towards end of dive.

King scallop Pecten maximus [00:00:07]; Featherstars Antedon bifida [00:00:31]; Hydroid Hydrallmania falcata [00:00:39]; Painted topshell Calliostoma zizyphinum [00:01:12]; Common starfish Asterias rubens [00:01:49]; Elegant sea anemone Cylista elegans [00:03:17]; Common hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus [00:03:36]; Bloody Henry starfish Henricia oculata [00:05:29]; Spider crab Inachus dorsettensis [00:06:47]; Soft coral Alcyonium digitatum [00:09:06]; Swimming crab Polybius depurator [00:10:26]; Horseman anemone Urticina eques [00:11:41]; Elegant sea anemone Cylista elegans [00:15:39]; Sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:19:12].

Species list (32 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral mixed sediment.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Suberites carnosus O
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Hydrallmania falcata F
Nemertesia antennina O
Nemertesia ramosa O
Alcyonium digitatum O
Synarachnactis lloydii R
Urticina eques R
Cylista elegans O
ANNELIDA
Myxicola infundibulum R
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Macropodia rostrata O
Polybius depurator O
Necora puber O
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
Buccinum undatum O
Pecten maximus C
Aequipecten opercularis O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida A
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens C
Leptasterias muelleri R
Thyone roscovita O
TUNICATA
Distaplia rosea O
Ascidiella aspersa O
Ascidia virginea R
PISCES
Callionymus lyra R
Pomatoschistus pictus F
RHODOPHYTA
Lithothamnion glaciale R

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