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

Date : 2003-07-22 GPS : 54.45022,-5.59082. Depth : 12.6 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Cobbles, shell, lots of Ophiocomina nigra.

Featherstars Antedon bifida and black brittlestars Ophiocomina nigra [00:00:04]; Sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:01:06]; Common whelk Buccinum undatum [00:02:03]; Terebellid worms [00:05:30]; Bootlace worm Linneus longissimus [00:05:59]; Dwarf swimming crab Polybius pusillus [00:07:00]; Orange sponge Mycale (Carmia) subclavata [00:07:21]; Sugar kelp Saccharina latissima [00:07:53].

Biotope 1 : Cobbles, shell (more broken shell in deeper water), lots of Ophiocomina nigra. Pebbles and gravel with boulders, scattered Laminaria saccharina.

PORIFERA
Mycale subclavata F
Myxilla incrustans R
CNIDARIA
Obelia dichotoma F
Obelia geniculata F
ANNELIDA
Terebellidae sp. O
CRUSTACEA
Inachus phalangium O
Necora puber O
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa F
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida A
Crossaster papposus O
Henricia oculata O
Asterias rubens O
Leptasterias muelleri R
Ophiothrix fragilis O
Ophiocomina nigra O
Ophiura albida C
TUNICATA
Molgula manhattensis R
PISCES
Gadidae sp. R
CHROMOPHYTA
Saccharina latissima F

Biotope 2 : Coarse mixed whole dead shell, gravel and some cobbles.

PORIFERA
Mycale subclavata F
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Hydrallmania falcata R
Kirchenpaueria pinnata O
Obelia dichotoma F
Synarachnactis lloydii R
NEMERTEA
Lineus longissimus R
ANNELIDA
Terebellidae sp. O
Serpula vermicularis R
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui O
Pagurus bernhardus O
Galathea intermedia F
Galathea strigosa R
Inachus dorsettensis R
Inachus phalangium C
Macropodia rostrata O
Polybius depurator O
Polybius pusillus R
Necora puber O
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum O
BRYOZOA
Scrupocellaria scruposa F
Cellepora pumicosa O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida A
Asterias rubens O
Ophiothrix fragilis C
Ophiocomina nigra C
Ophiura albida O
Echinus esculentus O
Thyone fusus O
Thyone roscovita C
TUNICATA
Clavelina lepadiformis R
PISCES
Gadidae sp. R
Syngnathus acus R
Pomatoschistus pictus F
RHODOPHYTA
Corallinaceae sp. O

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