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Place name : Hadd Pole to Slave Rk Transect Site 3, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-22 GPS : 54.45900,-5.58805. Depth : 37.8 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Few live Modiolus modiolus/Mimachlamys varia (previously known as Chlamys varia), becoming scattered with dead Modiolus modiolus shell.

Live horse mussel Modiolus modiolus [00:00:14]; Live horse mussel Modiolus modiolus [00:00:28]; Swimming crab Polybius depurator [00:01:00]; Sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:01:46]; Long-clawed squat lobster Munida rugosa [00:03:05].

Biotope 1 : A few live Modiolus modiolus/Mimachlamys varia (as Chlamys varia) becoming scattered dead Modiolus shell. Damaged Modiolus beds. Large numbers of Asterias rubens at beginning of dive. A few Nephrops norvegicus burrows. Some clear patches of sediment.

PORIFERA
Sycon ciliatum R
Cliona celata O
Iophon hyndmani R
Amphilectus fucorum O
Mycale subclavata P
Myxilla incrustans O
Suberites carnosus O
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Abietinaria abietina R
Kirchenpaueria pinnata O
Nemertesia antennina O
Nemertesia ramosa O
Urticina eques R
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus F
Pandalus montagui O
Munida rugosa O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Cancer pagurus R
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum R
Modiolus modiolus O
Pecten maximus O
Mimachlamys varia P
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida F
Crossaster papposus O
Asterias rubens F
Echinus esculentus O
Thyone roscovita F
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis R
Ascidia virginea O
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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