Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Place name : Pinnacle S of Long Sheelah, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-08-11 GPS : 54.43883,-5.59700. Depth : 19.7 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Very fine mud with anoxic black layer approx. 4-5cm below surface. Many Turritella shells mixed in mud. Mud seems very stable. Nephrops track visible. Many burrows although many partially filled in. Several Nephrops, although most were small. Some Goneplax rhomboides. Many Sagartia lacerata. Occasional Virgularia mirabilis.

Species list (18 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Seapens and burrowing megafauna in circalittoral fine mud.