NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 45

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Pisione remota (Southern, 1914)1039.5
Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)389
Goniadella bobretzkii185.1
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 1866125.4
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 1914123.4
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)106.1
Hesionura elongata (Southern, 1914)97.7
Nemertea36.3
Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)26.1
Protodorvillea kefersteini (McIntosh, 1869)24
Ophiura albida Forbes, 183920
Nephtys longosetosa Örsted, 184216.6
Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)15.8
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)15.8
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)10
Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)7.9
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)6.8
Scolelepis foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)6.8
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)5.6
Magelona F. Müller, 18585.6
Anthozoa3.3
Spio Fabricius, 17853.3
Orchomene nana (Krøyer, 1846)3.3
Mystides southerni (Banse, 1954)3.3
Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 18663.3
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)3.3
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 17583.3
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)3.3
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Polychaeta7.027
Mollusca2.636
Animalia2
Echinodermata0.153
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda525
Copepoda66
Gastrotricha16
Turbellaria15.5
Pseudobradya minor (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)12
Protopsammotopa norvegica Geddes, 19689
Polychaeta6.5
Halectinosoma herdmani (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)6
Paraleptastacus espinulatus Nicholls, 19356
Pseudameira mixta Sars G.O., 19205
Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866)5
Interleptomesochra eulitoralis (Noodt, 1952)5
Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 19355
Paramphiascoides vararensis (Scott T., 1903)4
Pseudobradya beduina Monard, 19354
Halectinosoma Vervoort, 19624
Paraleptastacus holsaticus Kunz, 19373
Ameira brevipes Kunz, 19543
Oligochaeta3
Proameira hiddensoensis (Schäfer, 1936)3
Arenocaris bifida Nicholls, 19353
Cnidaria2.5
Leptastacus Scott T., 19062
Pseudobradya Sars G.O., 19042
Acarina1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm