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

Date : 2003-07-24 GPS : 54.47090,-5.57002. Depth : 20.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Mud with dead shell.

Elegant anemone Cylista elegans [00:00:29]; King Scallop Pecten maximus [00:00:58]; Boring sponge Cliona celata [00:01:17]; Strawberry worm Eupolymnia nebulosa [00:02:00]; Harbour crab Polybius depurator [00:02:47]; Spider crab Inachus dorsettensis [00:03:05]; Sponge Suberites carnosus [00:03:34]; Sea toad Hyas araneus [00:07:11]; bacterial mats and decaying seaweed [00:07:48].

Biotope 2 : Dead algae. Bacteria decomposing algae. Very large numbers of Suberites carnosus.

PORIFERA
Amphilectus fucorum R
Suberites carnosus A
CNIDARIA
Hydrallmania falcata R
Cylista elegans O
CRUSTACEA
Inachus dorsettensis R
Macropodia rostrata O
Polybius depurator O
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens R
PISCES
Pholis gunnellus R

Biotope 3 : Shelly mud with many Epizoanthus couchii on and between dead shell. Lots of Suberites carnosus, occasional Polymastia boletiformis.

PORIFERA
Polymastia boletiformis O
Cliona celata R
Suberites carnosus F
CNIDARIA
Hydrallmania falcata O
Epizoanthus couchii A
Urticina eques R
Cylista elegans F
ANNELIDA
Terebellidae sp. R
Eupolymnia nebulosa R
CRUSTACEA
Hyas araneus R
Inachus dorsettensis O
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Pecten maximus R
ECHINODERMATA
Asterias rubens O
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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