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

Date : 2003-07-25 GPS : 54.45777,-5.61052. Depth : 24.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Shelly mud, Ostrea edulis and Pandalus montagui.

Biotope 1 : Shelly mud. Dead Modiolus modiolus shell. No Pandalus montagui.

PORIFERA
Halichondria bowerbanki F
Suberites ficus O
ANNELIDA
Serpula vermicularis R
CRUSTACEA
Polybius depurator O
Carcinus maenas R
MOLLUSCA
Pecten maximus O
Aequipecten opercularis O
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum O
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus R
Asterias rubens F
Echinus esculentus O

Biotope 2 : Shelly mud substrate with interspersed well encrusted boulders. 50+ Pandalus montagui. Rich in hydroids and sponges. No living Modiolus, but occasional empty shell. Large numbers of native oyster. An apparently relatively undisturbed site.

PORIFERA
Polymastia boletiformis O
Tethya citrina R
Cliona celata O
Iophon hyndmani R
Amphilectus fucorum F
Halichondria bowerbanki O
Suberites ficus O
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum F
Nemertesia antennina F
Nemertesia ramosa F
Epizoanthus couchii F
Urticina eques O
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus C
Pandalus montagui A
Pagurus bernhardus R
Galathea strigosa O
Inachus dorsettensis O
Inachus phalangium O
Cancer pagurus O
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Ostrea edulis F
Pecten maximus O
Aequipecten opercularis O
BRYOZOA
Alcyonidium diaphanum O
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens O
Echinus esculentus O
TUNICATA
Didemnopsis sp. O
Ascidiella aspersa R
Ascidia mentula R
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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