NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 87

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938324.7
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 1868182
Phoronis Wright, 1856118.7
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)73.5
Magelona F. Müller, 185860.3
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)57.8
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 190557
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181850.8
Pholoe Johnston, 183947.9
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)44.5
Goniada maculata Örsted, 184333.1
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)33.1
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 193032.4
Nephtys longosetosa Örsted, 184227.4
Nemertea26.9
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)25.5
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)24.5
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)21.6
Anthozoa17.9
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 184416.2
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)15.8
Siphonoecetes (Centraloecetes) kroyeranus Spence Bate, 185713.2
Pontocrates Boeck, 187110
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186710
Levinsenia gracilis (Tauber, 1879)10
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186610
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)7.9
Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864)7.9
Ampharete finmarchica (M. Sars, 1865)7.9
Harpinia antennaria Meinert, 18907.9
Ensis Schumacher, 18177.9
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)7.4
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)6.8
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)6.8
Atylus swammerdamei (H. Milne Edwards, 1830)6.8
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)6.8
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 18326.8
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)5.6
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)5.6
Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)3.3
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)3.3
Ophiura albida Forbes, 18393.3
Hypereteone lactea (Claparède, 1868)3.3
Myriochele Malmgren, 18673.3
Aricidea minuta Southward, 19563.3
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)3.3
Hippomedon denticulatus (Spence Bate, 1857)3.3
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 18773.3
Megaluropus agilis Hoek, 18893.3
Gammaropsis nitida (Stimpson, 1853)3.3
Urothoe pulchella (A. Costa, 1853)3.3
Schistomysis kervillei (G.O. Sars, 1885)3.3
Iphinoe trispinosa (Goodsir, 1843)3.3
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Echinodermata6.378
Polychaeta0.983
Animalia0.545
Mollusca0.255
Crustacea0.178
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda1095.5
Gastrotricha67
Turbellaria48
Copepoda22
Tardigrada16
Acarina6
Interleptomesochra tenuicornis (Sars G.O., 1911)6
Arenosetella germanica Kunz, 19376
Proameira hiddensoensis (Schäfer, 1936)5
Halectinosoma herdmani (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)4
Protopsammotopa norvegica Geddes, 19684
Polychaeta3.5
Cnidaria3.5
Halectinosoma Vervoort, 19623
Ameira longipes Boeck, 18653
Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866)3
Psammotopa phyllosetosa (Noodt, 1952)3
Dactylopodella flava (Claus, 1866)2
Oligochaeta2
Proameira simplex (Norman & Scott T., 1905)1
Interleptomesochra eulitoralis (Noodt, 1952)1
Isopoda1
Nemertea1
Leptomesochra Sars G.O., 19111
Arenosetella Wilson C.B., 19321
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm