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Place name : NE of Janes Rock, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-07 GPS : 54.45003,-5.59978. Depth : 18.4 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Continuous live Modiolus modiolus with hydroids and Ophiothrix fragilis. Considerable areas of dead shell amongst clumps. Continuous live Modiolus modiolus at end of transect, more shell at start.

Common sunstar Crossaster papposus [00:00:22]; Featherstars Antedon bifida [00:00:29]; Swimming crab Polybius depurator [00:00:55]; Variable scallop Mimachlamys varia [00:00:58]; Live horse mussels Modiolus modiolus [00:01:29]; Common brittlestars Ophiothrix fragilis and sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:01:50]; Golfball sponge Tethya citrina [00:03:00]; Live horse mussels Modiolus modiolus [00:03:31]; Native oyster Ostrea edulis [00:03:57]; Velvet dorid nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa [00:04:15]; Brown crab Cancer pagurus [00:05:03]; Long-legged spider crab Macropodia sp. [00:05:33]; Swimming crab Polybius depurator [00:06:11]; Common whelk Buccinum undatum [00:06:17]; Queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis [00:06:28]; Featherstars Antedon bifida [00:06:38]; Common starfish Asterias rubens [00:06:50]; King scallop Pecten maximus [00:08:13]; Orange sponge Mycale subclavata [00:08:43]; Golfball sponge Tethya citrina [00:09:17]; Sea cucumber Thyone roscovita [00:09:51]; Spider crab Inachus dorsettensis [00:10:32].

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