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Place name : W Basin between Slave Rk & South Rk, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-24 GPS : 54.46623,-5.57585. Depth : 19.6 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Scattered Cylista elegans (previously known as Sagartia elegans), lots of Epizoanthus couchii, mud with scattered broken shell.

Biotope 1 : Scattered Cylista elegans (as Sagartia), lots of Epizoanthus couchii, mud with scattered broken shell. Lots of Laminaria saccharina. One Necora (swimming crabs) pot.

CNIDARIA
Obelia geniculata C
CRUSTACEA
Necora puber O
BRYOZOA
Electra pilosa C
PISCES
Symphodus melops R
CHROMOPHYTA
Desmarestia aculeata F
Saccharina latissima C

Biotope 2 : Mud with a few shell fragments. Hydroid/bryozoan turf on the shells.

PORIFERA
Stelligera stuposa R
Polymastia boletiformis O
Cliona celata O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Halichondria bowerbanki O
Suberites carnosus O
Suberites ficus O
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum P
Hydrallmania falcata P
Nemertesia antennina O
Synarachnactis lloydii O
Epizoanthus couchii F
Urticina eques O
Cylista elegans O
ANNELIDA
Terebellidae sp. P
CRUSTACEA
Pagurus bernhardus O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Macropodia rostrata O
Cancer pagurus O
Polybius depurator O
Necora puber O
Carcinus maenas O
MOLLUSCA
Buccinum undatum O
Pecten maximus O
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida O
Crossaster papposus O
Henricia oculata O
Asterias rubens O
Thyone roscovita R
TUNICATA
Distaplia rosea P
PISCES
Myoxocephalus scorpius R
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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