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…nd within the lower shores includes species, such as the burrowing heart urchin Echinocardium cordatum, that are not usually found to extend above mean low water. The surface dwelling animals include amphipod crustaceans such as sandhoppers Talitrus saltator in the well drained u…

Strangford Lough Part 2

…burrowing organisms including Ensis siliqua pod razor shell and the echinoderms Echinocardium cordatum sea-potato and Acrocnida brachiata, a peculiar burrowing brittle star. There are a number of sheltered boulder shores which all have a very species-rich flora and fauna, locatio…

Glanllynnau a Glannau Pen-ychain i Gricieth

… by sand mason worms Lanice conchilega and catworms. A rich bed of sea potatoes Echinocardium cordatum and pod razor shells Ensis siliqua occur on the lower shore. The small sandy coves between the rocky outcrops exhibit reduced zonation but include sea potato and a small bed of …

Tiroedd a Glannau Rhwng Cricieth ac Afon Glaslyn

…upport a rich infaunal community dominated by banded wedge shell and sea potato Echinocardium cordatum with striped venus, razor shell Ensis siliqua, sand mason Lanice conchilega, rayed trough shell Mactra stultorum and polychaete worms. This community has its southern boundary w…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…us tenuis and T. fabula, the banded wedge shell Donax vittaatus, the sea potato Echinocardium cordatum and a variety of bristle worms. Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax feed regularly in the short turf and, in recent years, at least one pair has been breeding regularly along this st…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

… mysid shrimps. The lowest part of the shore sustains a community of sea potato Echinocardium cordatum, the bivalve mollusc Pharus legumen and the otter shell Lutraria lutraria. Several migratory fish species, such as the twaite Alosa fallax and allis Alosa alosa shads, as well a…

Morfa Dyffryn

…fon Artro. A band of finer sand with razor shell Ensis siliqua and heart urchin Echinocardium cordatum is also found here along the lower shore. The sand dunes support an assemblage of invertebrate sand dune specialists including, a robberfly Pamponerus germanicus, a carrion beet…

Salcombe to Kingsbridge Estuary

…lonized extensively in places by eel-grass Zostera marina and by the sea potato Echinocardium cordatum with its commensal bivalve Tellimya ferruginosa. The rocky shores of the estuary support communities typical of sheltered mouth-of-the estuary conditions, but are particularly …

Exe Estuary

…ax, Tellina, common cockle Cardium edule, razor shell Ensis siliqua, sea potato Echinocardium cordatum and masked crab Corystes cassivelaunus. Beds of mussels Mytilus edulis are important feeding grounds for oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus. The Estuary is the only British lo…

Saltern Cove

…he razor shell Ensis arcuata, the thin tellin Tellina fabula and the sea potato Echinocardium cordatum.

Tenby Cliffs and St. Catherine's Island

…sent in limited areas to the north of Castle Head where the common heart-urchin Echinocardium cordatum occurs near the sublittoral fringe. The northern end of North Beach supports low numbers of the thin tellin Angulus tenuis and juvenile bivalve molluscs including cockle Cerasto…

Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal

…anice conchilega, the razor shell Ensis arcuatus and the burrowing heart urchin Echinocardium cordatum. Many other species are only found around St Mawes within the Fal system and include those with a preference for sand subject to high salinity, for example the brittle stars Oph…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…t areas between the sandbanks to the north-west of Cefn Sidan beach. Sea potato Echinocardium cordatum and pod razor shell Ensis siliqua are found in the sublittoral muddy fine sand in the central section of Cefn Sidan. In the region of Salmon Point Scar there are large areas of …

Carlingford Lough

…ach at Cranfield Point holds the highest intertidal densities of the sea-potato Echinocardium cordatum in Northern Ireland. This species is normally sublittoral. Mill Bay shows a unique community association in Northern Ireland with a boulder based fucoid zonation superimposed on…

Arfordir Marros-Pentywyn / Marros-Pendine Coast

…s tenuis, Chamelea gallina, Lutraria lutraria, Ensis siliqua and the sea potato Echinocardium cordatum. The steep bedrock cliffs around the headlands are important for their Caloplaca spp. and Verucaria spp. lichen communities. The many caves in this section support sponges and b…

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