NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 78

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)794.3
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)631
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)125.9
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)120.2
Nuculoma tenuis (Montagu, 1808)120.2
Magelona F. Müller, 185881.3
Pholoe Johnston, 183979.4
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181856.2
Nemertea39.8
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)33.9
Harpinia antennaria Meinert, 189030.9
Ophiura albida Forbes, 183925.7
Glycinde nordmanni (Malmgren, 1866)22.4
Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)20
Synelmis klatti (Friedrich, 1950)17
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)17
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186714.1
Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 190414.1
Eudorellopsis deformis (Krøyer, 1846)11.2
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)11.2
Thyasira Lamarck, 181811.2
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)11.2
Phoronis Wright, 18568.5
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)8.5
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 18568.5
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)8.5
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)8.5
Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)8.5
Anaitides subulifera Eliason, 19628.5
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)8.5
Anthozoa8.5
Magelona alleni Wilson, 19585.8
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 18445.8
Amphictene auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776)5.8
Nephtys Cuvier, 18175.8
Eudorella truncatula (Bate, 1856)5.8
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)5.8
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 19305.8
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)5.8
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 18775.8
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)5.8
Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)2.8
Holothuroidea2.8
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)2.8
Chaetoderma nitidulum Lovén, 18442.8
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 19382.8
Hippomedon denticulatus (Spence Bate, 1857)2.8
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)2.8
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)2.8
Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)2.8
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)2.8
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)2.8
Harmothoe Kinberg, 18562.8
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)2.8
Goniada maculata Örsted, 18432.8
Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)2.8
Harmothoe lunulata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)2.8
Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 18602.8
Diplocirrus glaucus (Malmgren, 1867)2.8
Capitellidae Grube, 18622.8
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 18512.8
Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 18432.8
Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 18432.8
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 18322.8
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Echinodermata6.843
Polychaeta5.652
Mollusca0.956
Crustacea0.781
Animalia0.192
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda1586
Turbellaria30
Polychaeta14
Cnidaria5
Pseudameira crassicornis Sars G.O., 19113
Paralaophonte macera (Sars G.O., 1908)3
Longipedia minor Scott T. & Scott A., 18933
Ostracoda2
Ameiropsis brevicornis Sars G.O., 19072
Tardigrada2
Nemertea1
Acarina1
Laophonte inopinata Scott T., 18921
Normanella minuta (Boeck, 1873)1
Stenhelia (Stenhelia) aemula (Scott T., 1893)1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm