NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 97

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938537
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 1877223.9
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)93.3
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)69.4
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)66.2
Phoronis Wright, 185662
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 190553.7
Siphonoecetes (Centraloecetes) kroyeranus Spence Bate, 185748
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 186846.8
Magelona F. Müller, 185842.2
Anthozoa38.1
Amphiura (Acrocnida) brachiata (Montagu, 1804)33.9
Goniada maculata Örsted, 184331.3
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)30.2
Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789)24
Iphinoe trispinosa (Goodsir, 1843)23.4
Aricidea minuta Southward, 195623.4
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)23.4
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)23.4
Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)23.4
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 183222.8
Urothoe elegans Spence Bate, 185722.8
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)22.1
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181821.6
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)21.4
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)20.5
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186617.9
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 184417
Myriochele Malmgren, 186716.6
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186716.6
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)16.6
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)16.6
Nephtys longosetosa Örsted, 184216.2
Pontocrates Boeck, 187115.7
Pholoe Johnston, 183915.7
Nemertea12.3
Glycinde nordmanni (Malmgren, 1866)10
Ophiura albida Forbes, 183910
Urothoe pulchella (A. Costa, 1853)10
Harpinia antennaria Meinert, 18907.9
Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780)7.9
Levinsenia gracilis (Tauber, 1879)7.9
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)7.9
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)7.9
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)7.4
Ensis Schumacher, 18176.8
Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)6.8
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)6.8
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)6.8
Amphiuridae Ljungman, 18676.8
Harmothoe lunulata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)6.8
Magelona alleni Wilson, 19586.8
Acidostoma obesum (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1861)6.8
Diastylis bradyi Norman, 18795.6
Gyptis capensis (Day, 1963)3.3
Nephtys Cuvier, 18173.3
Argissa hamatipes (Norman, 1869)3.3
Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 19043.3
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)3.3
Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)3.3
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)3.3
Megaluropus agilis Hoek, 18893.3
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)3.3
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Animalia6.458
Mollusca6.075
Polychaeta1.35
Echinodermata1.304
Crustacea0.093
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda1056.5
Turbellaria23
Gastrotricha6.5
Copepoda4
Stenhelia (Stenhelia) gibba Boeck, 18653
Ameiropsis brevicornis Sars G.O., 19073
Pseudameira crassicornis Sars G.O., 19113
Laophonte elongata Boeck, 18732
Laophonte inornata Scott A., 19022
Cnidaria2
Tanaidacea1.5
Longipedia minor Scott T. & Scott A., 18931
Asellopsis hispida Brady & Robertson, 18731
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm