MBDP-NI: NW of Newtown Rock, Strangford Lough - Video

Priority species

Priority habitats

Non-Native species

Place name : NW of Newtown Rock, Strangford Lough. County : Down

Date : 2003-07-08 GPS : 54.49433,-5.59548. Depth : 28.3 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Featureless mud with very few Nephrops norvegicus and Hydrallmania falcata.

Species list (23 species recorded):

Biotope 1 : Circalittoral fine mud.

PORIFERA
Cliona celata O
Amphilectus fucorum O
Halichondria bowerbanki O
Suberites carnosus F
CNIDARIA
Halecium halecinum O
Hydrallmania falcata O
Epizoanthus couchii O
Urticina eques O
Cylista elegans O
CRUSTACEA
Nephrops norvegicus R
Pagurus bernhardus R
Inachus dorsettensis R
Macropodia rostrata R
Polybius depurator O
MOLLUSCA
Pecten maximus R
ECHINODERMATA
Crossaster papposus O
Henricia oculata R
Asterias rubens F
Echinus esculentus O
PISCES
Trisopterus minutus O
Callionymus lyra O
Pomatoschistus pictus R
Pleuronectidae sp. R