NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 53

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nemertea141.7
Magelona F. Müller, 1858116.5
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 187760.3
Phoronis Wright, 185660.3
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 191456.2
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)53.6
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)50.1
Anthozoa49.3
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)39.8
Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 190436.3
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)27.1
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 190525.6
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)24
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)23.7
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)20.5
Ophiura albida Forbes, 183920
Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)15.8
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186615.8
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 184415.8
Amphictene auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776)15.8
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)14
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186713.2
Pholoe Johnston, 183912.3
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 183212.3
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)9.6
Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806)7.9
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 19387.9
Eteone flava (Fabricius, 1780)7.9
Mysta picta (Quatrefages, 1866)7.9
Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)7.9
Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)7.9
Ensis Schumacher, 18177.9
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)7.9
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)7.9
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)7.9
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)7.4
Goniada maculata Örsted, 18437.4
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)7.4
Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)6.8
Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 18926.8
Gyptis capensis (Day, 1963)6.8
Glycinde nordmanni (Malmgren, 1866)6.8
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)6.8
Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)6.8
Magelona alleni Wilson, 19586.8
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)6.8
Thracia villosiuscula (MacGillivray, 1827)3.3
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)3.3
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)3.3
Lagis koreni Malmgren, 18663.3
Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 18433.3
Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780)3.3
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 18183.3
Iphinoe trispinosa (Goodsir, 1843)3.3
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)3.3
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 19303.3
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Echinodermata24.44
Animalia3.52
Mollusca3.464
Polychaeta2.258
Crustacea0.252
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda402.5
Turbellaria29
Tardigrada11
Acarina5.5
Polychaeta5
Ectinosoma melaniceps Boeck, 18652
Copepoda2
Ostracoda2
Gastrotricha1.5
Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 19351
Cnidaria1
Isopoda1
Psammotopa phyllosetosa (Noodt, 1952)1
Interleptomesochra eulitoralis (Noodt, 1952)1
Proameira hiddensoensis (Schäfer, 1936)1
Oligochaeta1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm