Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Healthy horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) with variegated scallop (Mimachlamys varia), sea cucumbers (Thyone roscovita), brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis and Ophiocomina nigra) and feather stars (Antedon bifida). Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) covered in the sponge Mycale cf. contareni and sea cucumbers (Thyone roscovita) [00:01:37]; Common starfish (Asterias rubens) [00:02:08]; Wrinkled swimming crab (Liocarcinus corrugatus) and sea cucumber (Thyone roscovita) [00:02:37]; Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) with the encrusting sponge (Suberites ficus) [00:04:11]; Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) with the queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) [00:04:50]; Large clump of variegated scallop (Mimachlamys varia) with brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) and feather stars (Antedon bifida) [00:11:32]; Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) [00:11:44]; the sponge Myxilla incrustans and the white variety of the painted topshell (Calliostoma ziziphynum) [00:12:03]; Horseman anemone (Urticina eques) [00:12:54]; the sponge Mycale rotalis growing on the ascidian Ascidia mentula [00:13:28]; large clump of variegated scallop (Mimachlamys varia) with the brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) [00:19:16]; clump of horse mussels (Modiolus modiolus) and brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis and Ophiocomina nigra); [00:20:40] close up of horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus), blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and native oyster (Ostrea edulis) [00:19:33]; soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) and the boring sponge (Cliona celata) [00:22:02]; bloody henry starfish (Henricia oculata), the sponges Myxilla cf. rosacea and Mycale rotalis and the bryozoan Scrupocellaria sp. [00:23:07].

Species list (42 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Continuous live Modiolus modiolus clumps with Mimachlamys varia (as Chlamys varia). Patches of mud.