Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : NW of W end of Long Sheelah, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-31 GPS : 54.44980,-5.59937. Depth : 19.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Continuous live Modiolus modiolus at end of transect, more shell at start

Species list (39 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Thick dead Modiolus shell. Some dead Venerupis. Later, continuous live Modiolus modiolus clumps covered in Ophiothrix fragilis and Antedon bifida. Clumps in good condition with a rich epifauna. Not many Mimachlamys varia (as Chlamys varia).