NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 86

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)213.8
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938117.9
Magelona F. Müller, 185886.9
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 190551.3
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181832.4
Nephtys longosetosa Örsted, 184232.4
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)30.9
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 186828.2
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)27.5
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)26.1
Ensis Schumacher, 181723.3
Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)22.4
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)22.4
Phoronis Wright, 185621.8
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 183217
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)16.3
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)15.8
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186613.5
Goniada maculata Örsted, 184312.2
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)11.2
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)11
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)8.5
Nemertea8.5
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)8.5
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)8.5
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 18567.9
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)7.9
Harpinia antennaria Meinert, 18907.9
Iphinoe trispinosa (Goodsir, 1843)7.9
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 18447.9
Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)6.9
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)5.8
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)5.8
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)5.8
Anaitides subulifera Eliason, 19625.8
Pontocrates Boeck, 18715.8
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)2.8
Anaitides lineata (Claparède, 1870)2.8
Aricidea minuta Southward, 19562.8
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)2.8
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 18772.8
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Mollusca9.606
Echinodermata1.869
Polychaeta0.96
Crustacea0.06
Animalia0.017
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda235
Turbellaria14
Copepoda6
Hastigerella Nicholls, 19353
Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 19353
Polychaeta2
Ostracoda2
Oligochaeta1.5
Acarina1.5
Halectinosoma herdmani (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)1
Paraleptastacus spinicauda (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)1
Isopoda1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm