NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 56

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 193881.3
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)60.3
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186634.7
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)28.2
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 187726.9
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)20
Magelona F. Müller, 185820
Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)18.2
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181816.6
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)15.1
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 186813.2
Magelona rosea Moore, 190713.2
Cochlodesma (Bontaea) praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)10
Eudorellopsis deformis (Krøyer, 1846)10
Anthozoa8.9
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)8.3
Pholoe Johnston, 18398.3
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)6.8
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)6.8
Phoronis muelleri Selys-Longchamps, 19036.8
Nemertea6.6
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)5
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)5
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 18675
Anaitides rosea (McIntosh, 1877)3.3
Goniada maculata Örsted, 18433.3
Aricidea simonae Laubier & Ramos, 19743.3
Cirripedia3.3
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)3.3
Ensis Schumacher, 18173.3
Ophiura albida Forbes, 18393.3
Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)1.7
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)1.7
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)1.7
Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)1.7
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)1.7
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus, 1767)1.7
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)1.7
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)1.7
Siphonoecetes (Centraloecetes) kroyeranus Spence Bate, 18571.7
Mysidacea1.7
Lepidepecreum longicorne (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1861)1.7
Diastylis bradyi Norman, 18791.7
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 19141.7
Aricidea minuta Southward, 19561.7
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)1.7
Exogone (Exogone) naidina Örsted, 18451.7
Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)1.7
Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 18431.7
Anaitides groenlandica (Örsted, 1842)1.7
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Polychaeta3.247
Echinodermata1.008
Mollusca0.394
Crustacea0.083
Animalia0.006
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda815.5
Turbellaria32
Gastrotricha14
Polychaeta3
Tachidiopsis cyclopoides Sars G.O., 19112
Zosime incrassata Sars G.O., 19102
Copepoda2
Tanaidacea2
Zosimeidae Seifried, 20031
Tachidiella Sars G.O., 19091
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm