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…ta elongata. Other species characterising this area include the sand mason worm Lanice 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 …

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

… Jubilee Bridge although these are not so extensive and grade into a sand mason Lanice conchilega dominated sediment in the lower intertidal. The scars also support a relatively high diversity of red algae, including Polysiphonia nigrescens, Chondrus crispus, Mastocarpus stellatu…

Aber Afon Conwy

…ta occurring from the high shore to seaward. Dense bands of the sand mason worm Lanice conchilega complete the zonation at lowest water mark. In raised sandy areas the isopod Eurydice pulchra predominates. Along the channel edges, less stable and scoured cobbles support mermaid’s…

Waterwynch Bay to Saundersfoot Harbour

…s including catworms Nephtys sp., lug worm Arenicola marina and sand mason worm Lanice conchilega, molluscs such as thin tellin Angulus tenuis and echinodermata such as the common heart urchin Echinocardinum cordatum. North of Monkstone Point and up to Saundersfoot Harbour the sa…

Glannau Penmon - Biwmares

…orms such as lugworm Arenicola marina, ragworm Hediste diversicolor, sand mason Lanice conchilega, peacock worm Sabella pavonina, and Scoloplos armiger are all found in this assemblage. Certain under-boulder and bedrock overhang communities are particularly diverse on this shore,…

Mournes Coast

…akelocks anemone Anemonia viridis are also present in this area. The sand mason Lanice conchilega and lugworm Arenicola marina can be found in the sand between the boulders. Oarweed Laminaria digitata and sugar kelp Saccharina latissima formerly called Saccharina latissima typify…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…s including catworms Nephtys sp., lug worm Arenicola marina and sand mason worm Lanice conchilega, together with molluscs such as thin tellin Angulus tenuis and striped venus Chamelea gallina. Between the bays, areas of the extreme lower shore are colonised by kelps such as dabbe…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…d populations of worms including lugworms Arenicola marina, the sand mason worm Lanice conchilega, Nephtys hombergii and Cirriformia tentaculata. The large, mainly sub littoral eelgrass beds in the bay represent what is believed to be the largest area of this habitat in the Isle…

Outer Ards

…nd various polychaetes, especially the lugworm Arenicola marina. The sand mason Lanice conchilega can be found in the sand of the tide-swept lower shore. Cloghy spit is also important as one of the few barren gravel shores in Northern Ireland. A long established tern colony at Co…

Glanllynnau a Glannau Pen-ychain i Gricieth

…s and amphipods. Mid to lower shore sediments are dominated 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 …

Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd a'r Glannau at Garreg yr Imbill

…mall and large rocks including the striped venus shell, lugworm, sandmason worm Lanice conchilega, fan worm Sabella pavonina, daisy anemone Cereus pedunculatus, dahlia anemone Urticina felina, swimming crab Liocarcinus depurator, spider crab Hyas araneus, shore crab Carcinus maen…

Morfa Dyffryn

… marine flora and fauna including the lug worm Arenicola marina, sandmason worm Lanice conchilega, cockles Cerastoderma edule, gaper clam Mya arenaria, bivalves such as the peppery furrow shell Scrobicularia plana, and the rag worm Hediste diversicolor. The lower estuary is colon…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

… a thick growth of eelgrass. Blow lug worm Arenicola marina and sand mason worm Lanice conchilega are both very common, with the peacock worm Sabella pavonina found occasionally. Snakelock anemone Anemonia viridis is often attached to the base of the eelgrass stalks. South of the…

Tiroedd a Glannau Rhwng Cricieth ac Afon Glaslyn

…chinocardium 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 where a small stream crosses the shore (south of Morfa Bychan), with the coarser, …

Traeth Pensarn

…renicola marina, whilst in wetter lower shore areas lugworm and sand mason worm Lanice conchilega are most abundant.

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…wer littoral levels is the dense population zone forming of the sand mason worm Lanice conchilega forming a bank extending for 100 metres by the Ramsgate Western Esplanade. The saltmarsh comprises a diversity of characteristic plants dominated by saltmarsh grasses such as Puccin…

Thorness Bay

…e numbers of lugworm Arenicola marina, ragworm Hediste diversicolor, mason worm Lanice conchilega and cockles Cerastoderma edule. The rocky limestone ledges form low platforms, dissected by rectilinear cracks, which rise up to 1.5 metres above the sand and shingle shore. They pro…

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

… densities of amphipods and polychaete worms are found, of which the sand mason Lanice conchilega occurs in particular abundance in association with the eelgrass roots. The intertidal sands support a particularly diverse invertebrate fauna; 57 macrofaunal species have been record…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…thin the damp, muddy sand of the lower shore at Cefn Sidan, the sand mason worm Lanice conchilega is found. These communities of burrowing amphipods, isopods and polychaetes make up over half of the area of the site. The mudflats support lugworm, ragworm Hediste diversicolor and …

Strangford Lough Part 2

…und Gores Island. The muddy sand in Bar Hall Bay contains a large population of Lanice conchilega sand mason worm ; this is an uncommon species in Strangford Lough. The muddy shell-sand and gravel beaches around Black Island and Green Island to the north of Ballyquintin Point hav…

Yealm Estuary

… area of sand with gravel and pebbles. The fauna is dominated by the sand mason Lanice conchilega, typical of sediment shores subject to strong water movement, with a number of other polychaete worm species, amphipods and the razor shell bivalve Ensis ensis. The spit at Warren P…

St. Martin's Sedimentary Shore

…e the lug worm Arenicola marina on the mid and lower shore, the sand mason worm Lanice conchilega and smaller numbers of other polychaete worms. Highly mobile species within the sediment are dominated by polychaete worms and include Malacoceros fuliginosus, Glycera sp. Nephtys sp…

Glannau Tonfanau i Friog

…he tube-worm Scolelepis squamata, Spirorbis tridentatus and the sand mason worm Lanice conchilega. There are also amphipods including Haustorius arenarius. Where the reefs are interspersed with boulders, these are dominated by bladder wrack and lava bread Porphyra linearis, or mi…

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