MBDP-NI: Ringhaddy Sound, Strangford Lough

Place name : Ringhaddy Sound, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-28 GPS : 54.45565,-5.62663. Depth : 18.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Mud, shells, oyster bed (Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis.

Harbour crab Polybius depurator [00:00:13]; sea anemone Sagartia undata [00:00:32]; native oyster Ostrea edulis [00:01:58]; shrimp Crangon crangon [00:03:31]; boring sponge Cliona celata [00:04:31]; tube worm Myxicola polychroma [00:04:58]; native oysters [00:06:08]; black goby Gobius niger [00:07:36].

Species list (17 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Cliona celata
Halichondria bowerbanki
CNIDARIA
Cylista elegans
Sagartia lacerata
ANNELIDA
Myxicola infundibulum
Serpula vermicularis
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Crangon crangon
Cancer pagurus
Polybius depurator
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria
Ostrea edulis
Mimachlamys varia
BRYOZOA
Scrupocellaria scruposa
TUNICATA
Polycarpa scuba
PISCES
Gobius niger
Pomatoschistus pictus

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral mixed sediment.

PORIFERA
Cliona celata O
Halichondria bowerbanki O
CNIDARIA
Cylista elegans O
Sagartia lacerata O
ANNELIDA
Myxicola infundibulum O
Serpula vermicularis O
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus C
Crangon crangon O
Cancer pagurus O
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Steromphala cineraria R
Ostrea edulis C
Mimachlamys varia O
BRYOZOA
Scrupocellaria scruposa O
TUNICATA
Polycarpa scuba R
PISCES
Gobius niger R
Pomatoschistus pictus O

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