Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Aber Afon Conwy

…ga 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 tresses Chorda filum, sea belt Saccharina latissima and landlady’s wig Desmarestia aculeata, t…

Morfa Dyffryn

… back of the shore with sand hoppers Tallitridae in the strand line. The isopod Eurydice pulchra and the amphipod Haustorius arenarius along with the marine worm Scolelepis squamata are found in the exposed sand of the mid shore in a wide band along the length of the site south o…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…nised by the amphipods Bathyporeia sp. and Haustorius arenarius with the isopod Eurydice pulchra. The rocky outcrop at Penrhyn Nefyn is colonised by a similar array of species as found on Trwyn Porth Dinllaen. The black tar lichen forms a wide band, below which are channel wrack …

Waterwynch Bay to Saundersfoot Harbour

…supports communities dominated by amphipods Bathyporeia sp. and isopods such as Eurydice pulchra. The lower to middle shore supports communities of segmented worms including catworms Nephtys sp., lug worm Arenicola marina and sand mason worm Lanice conchilega, molluscs such as th…

Tenby Cliffs and St. Catherine's Island

…ised by amphipods Bathyporeia sp. and Haustorius arenarius, and isopods such as Eurydice pulchra. The mid shore and lower sands are populated by segmented worms such as catworms Nephtys sp., and lug worm Arenicola marina. Fine sand is present in limited areas to the north of Cast…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

… shores support burrowing amphipods such as Bathyporeia sp. and isopods such as Eurydice pulchra. These also occur in the mid-shore together with bristleworms polychaetes such as catworm Nephyts spp. and the lugworm Arenicola marina. Within the damp, muddy sand of the lower shore…

Wig Bach a'r Glannau i Borth Alwm

… small, burrowing crustaceans such as Bathyporeia sp., Haustorius arenarius and Eurydice pulchra. Bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus is found on midshore boulders to the west of Porth Ysgo and Porth Alwm, with serrated wrack Fucus serratus dominating lower shore boulders along with …

Morfa Harlech

…s sandhoppers Talitridae sp., burrowing amphipods Bathyporea sp. and the isopod Eurydice pulchra are characteristic of the sandy shore. The Glaslyn and Dwyryd estuary is one of the largest, relatively unmodified estuaries found on the Cardigan Bay coast. The estuary displays a co…

Dale and South Marloes Coast

…d near West Dale Bay. On sandy shores, the small crustaceans Bathyporeia sp and Eurydice pulchra are found throughout, and in more sheltered sandy areas, cat worms Nephtys sp and Scololepsis squamata are also common. Fucoids typical of sheltered areas such as channel wrack Pelvet…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…k Sands supports a community of crustaceans including the isopods and amphipods Eurydice pulchra, Haustorius arenarius and Bathyporeia spp. Sand at St Bride’s Haven in less coarse and supports polychaete worms such as lug worm Arenicola marina and cat worm Nephtys spp. Sand / bed…

Traeth Pensarn

…. Near shore rises of parallel sand banks are typically colonised by the isopod Eurydice pulchra and amphipods such as Bathyporeia sp. The rest of the mid and upper shore characteristically supports areas of lugworm Arenicola marina, whilst in wetter lower shore areas lugworm and…

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…y of burrowing crustaceans, including Bathyporeia sp., Haustorius arenarius and Eurydice pulchra. The exposed sandy shore contains good quality examples of three specialised habitats: shallow coralline rockpools, sediment-floored deeper rockpools and overhangs on lower shore bou…

Arfordir Marros-Pentywyn / Marros-Pendine Coast

…ing amphipods, such as Bathyporeia sp. and Haustorius arenarius, and the isopod Eurydice pulchra, with polychaete worms such as Nephtys spp. and Scoloplos armiger in the finer sediments. The white piddock, Barnea candida, a boring bivalve mollusc, is part of the common mussel Myt…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…supports communities dominated by amphipods Bathyporeia sp. and isopods such as Eurydice pulchra. The lower to middle shore supports communities of segmented worms including catworms Nephtys sp., lug worm Arenicola marina and sand mason worm Lanice conchilega, together with mollu…

Aber Mawddach / Mawddach Estuary

…rised by amphipods such as Bathyporeia sp., Haustorius arenarius and the isopod Eurydice pulchra. This fine mobile sand continues into the upper estuary. Above Penmaenpool, the lower shore muddy sand and gravel fauna is restricted to oligochaete worms. Saltmarsh occurs along both…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…ties dominated by amphipods, such as Haustorius arenarius, and isopods, such as Eurydice pulchra. The lower to middle shore is populated by communities characterised by segmented worms, including cat worms Nephtys sp. and the lug worm Arenicola marina whose casts dominate the sho…

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