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Place name : N of W end of Long Sheelah, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-22 GPS : 54.45085,-5.59105. Depth : 14.9 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Scattered dead Modiolus modiolus shell then Nephrops norvegicus.

Common hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus [00:00:02]; Sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:01:06]; Common sea urchin Echinus esculentus [00:01:36]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:01:53]; Orange sponge Suberites carnosus [00:08:33]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:08:39]; Queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis [00:09:16]; Queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis with sponge Mycale cf. contarenii [00:09:27]; Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus [00:10:49].

Biotope 1 : Scattered dead Modiolus shell then Nephrops. Boulders on the shelly mud. Some Laminaria saccharina. Infralittoral foliose red algae on rock.

PORIFERA
Mycale subclavata O
CNIDARIA
Nemertesia antennina O
Nemertesia ramosa O
CRUSTACEA
Cancer pagurus R
Polybius depurator O
Necora puber R
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa O
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa O
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima O

Biotope 2 : Some Nephrops norvegicus burrows in soft mud. Diatom film on mud. Aequipecten opercularis with purple sponge. Some Calocaris burrows.

PORIFERA
Mycale sp. R
CNIDARIA
Virgularia mirabilis O
Synarachnactis lloydii O
CRUSTACEA
Nephrops norvegicus O
Pagurus bernhardus O
Cancer pagurus O
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Pecten maximus O
Aequipecten opercularis R
ECHINODERMATA
Amphiura chiajei O
TUNICATA
Distaplia rosea O
PISCES
Syngnathus acus R
Gobius niger R

Biotope 3 : Dead whole Modiolus shell on shelly mud. Areas of mud with very few whole dead shells.

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum O
Mycale subclavata O
Suberites carnosus O
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus R
ANNELIDA
Serpula vermicularis O
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus F
Pagurus bernhardus O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum R
Pecten maximus O
Mimachlamys varia O
BRYOZOA
Cellepora pumicosa O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida O
Asterias rubens O
Echinus esculentus O
Thyone roscovita F
TUNICATA
Ascidiella aspersa O
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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