NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 63

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 1843645.7
Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839512.9
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)478.6
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)125.9
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)67.6
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 193061.7
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)60.3
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 184443.7
Goniada maculata Örsted, 184333.9
Pholoe Johnston, 183925.1
Phoronis Wright, 185624
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)24
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181822.9
Nemertea21.9
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)20.9
Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)20.9
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)18.2
Eudorella truncatula (Bate, 1856)18.2
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)18.2
Anaitides groenlandica (Örsted, 1842)14.1
Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)14.1
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)14.1
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 175812
Myriochele Malmgren, 186712
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843)10
Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866)10
Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864)8.9
Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)8.9
Nephtys Cuvier, 18178.9
Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)8.9
Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 19308.9
Thyasira Lamarck, 18187.1
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)7.1
Sabellidae Latreille, 18255
Anthozoa5
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 19145
Capitellidae Grube, 18625
Magelona F. Müller, 18585
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 18565
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)5
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)5
Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840)5
Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)5
Corystes cassivelaunus (Pennant, 1777)5
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)5
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 17585
Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)5
Orchomenella Sars, 18903
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Polychaeta6.927
Mollusca5.968
Animalia2.506
Echinodermata1.81
Crustacea1.117
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda1867
Copepoda43
Turbellaria23.5
Paraleptastacus espinulatus Nicholls, 193512
Proameira hiddensoensis (Schäfer, 1936)7
Sicameira leptoderma Klie, 19507
Polychaeta5
Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 19355
Halectinosoma herdmani (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)4
Arenocaris bifida Nicholls, 19354
Acarina4
Hastigerella Nicholls, 19353
Pseudomesochra Scott T., 19023
Halectinosoma Vervoort, 19622
Haloschizopera pygmaea (Norman & Scott T., 1905)2
Tisbe Lilljeborg, 18532
1.5
Leptastacus Scott T., 19061
Paraleptastacus spinicauda (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)1
Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848)1
Interleptomesochra tenuicornis (Sars G.O., 1911)1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm