MBDP-NI: NW of South Rock, Strangford Lough

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

Date : 2003-07-21 GPS : 54.47157,-5.58472. Depth : 21.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Dense dead Modiolus modiolus shell.

Common starfish Asterias rubens and swimming crab Polybius sp. [00:00:37]; Elegant sea anemone Cylista elegans [00:01:26]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:01:33]; Horseman anemone Urticina eques, common starfish Asterias rubens and spider crab Inachus dorsettensis [00:02:14]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:02:53]; Orange sponge Mycale (Carmia) subclavata [00:04:24]; Plumose anemone Metridium senile [00:05:14]; Branched antenna hydroid Nemertesia ramosa [00:05:49]; Hydroid Hydrallmania falcata [00:05:57]; Daisy anemone Cereus pedunculatus [00:07:38].

Species list (34 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Dense dead Modiolus modiolus shell on mud. Some cobbles.

PORIFERA
Mycale subclavata P
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia ramosa O
Synarachnactis lloydii O
Metridium senile R
Cereus pedunculatus R
ANNELIDA
Terebellidae sp. O
Spirobranchus O
Serpula vermicularis O
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus O
Macropodia rostrata F
MOLLUSCA
Doto cuspidata O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida F
Thyone fusus O
Thyone roscovita O
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O

Biotope 2 : Mud and dead Modiolus modiolus shells covered with Spirobranchus (as Pomatoceros) tubes. Hydrallmania falcata frequent.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum O
Tethya citrina O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Mycale subclavata O
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Hydrallmania falcata F
Urticina eques O
Cylista elegans O
ANNELIDA
Terebellidae sp. O
Spirobranchus F
Serpula vermicularis R
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus O
Galathea intermedia O
Hyas araneus O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Macropodia rostrata F
Cancer pagurus R
Polybius depurator F
MOLLUSCA
Aeolidiella glauca R
Modiolus modiolus O
Pecten maximus O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida C
Crossaster papposus O
Henricia oculata O
Asterias rubens F
Ophiura albida R
Thyone roscovita O
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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