NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 8

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Lumbrineris latreilli Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833144.5
Polycirrus medusa Grube, 185043.7
Nemertea41.7
Pholoe Johnston, 183936.3
Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 184328.2
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)28.2
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 175828.2
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186720
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)18.2
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)15.8
Anthozoa15.8
Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)15.8
Sabellidae Latreille, 182514.1
Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 186114.1
Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 186612
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)12
Atylus falcatus Metzger, 187112
Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816)10
Nicomache Malmgren, 186510
Harmothoe lunulata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)6
Isopoda6
Eusyllis blomstrandi Malmgren, 18676
Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766)4
Terebellides stroemii Sars, 18354
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)4
Pectinariidae Quatrefages, 18662
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843)2
Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)2
Leucothoe procera Spence Bate, 18572
Gastrosaccus spinifer (Goës, 1864)2
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 18182
Polyplacophora2
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Polychaeta4.785
Echinodermata0.446
Crustacea0.442
Mollusca0.026
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda239
Canuella perplexa Scott T. & Scott A., 18935
Microarthridion littorale (Poppe, 1881)5
Copepoda5
Gastrotricha4
Ostracoda2.5
Turbellaria2.5
Pseudobradya beduina Monard, 19352
Pseudamphiascopsis herdmani (Scott A., 1896)2
1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm