NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 68

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)616.6
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)588.8
Phoronis Wright, 1856309
Magelona F. Müller, 1858245.5
Pholoe Johnston, 1839199.5
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)169.8
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930134.9
Thyasira Lamarck, 1818131.8
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181885.1
Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 186051.3
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)47.9
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)39.8
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)39.8
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)37.2
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)33.9
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)30.9
Goniada maculata Örsted, 184330.9
Harpinia antennaria Meinert, 189022.4
Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)20
Diplocirrus glaucus (Malmgren, 1867)20
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)20
Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)20
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)17
Amphictene auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776)17
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)14.1
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)14.1
Nemertea14.1
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)14.1
Glycinde nordmanni (Malmgren, 1866)11.2
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 185611.2
Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 190411.2
Anthozoa8.5
Magelona alleni Wilson, 19588.5
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 18328.5
Synelmis klatti (Friedrich, 1950)8.5
Enteropneusta8.5
Eudorella truncatula (Bate, 1856)5.8
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)5.8
Anaitides subulifera Eliason, 19625.8
Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)2.8
Pectinaria (Pectinaria) belgica (Pallas, 1766)2.8
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 18442.8
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 18512.8
Ensis Schumacher, 18172.8
Nuculoma tenuis (Montagu, 1808)2.8
Eudorellopsis deformis (Krøyer, 1846)2.8
Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)2.8
Argissa hamatipes (Norman, 1869)2.8
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)2.8
Harmothoe Kinberg, 18562.8
Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)2.8
Ophiura albida Forbes, 18392.8
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)2.8
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Echinodermata7.293
Mollusca2.308
Polychaeta1.644
Crustacea0.354
Animalia0.178
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda974
Turbellaria12
7
Polychaeta4
Paramphiascopsis longirostris (Claus, 1863)3
Ostracoda3
Typhlamphiascus Lang, 19442
Pseudamphiascopsis herdmani (Scott A., 1896)2
Pseudosarsameira exilis (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894)1
Stenhelia (Stenhelia) Boeck, 18651
Esola bulligera (Farran, 1913)1
Laophonte cornuta Philippi, 18401
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm