NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 21

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nicomache Malmgren, 18651621.8
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 1905733.3
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)436.5
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938331.1
Urothoe brevicornis Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862302
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)245.1
Pholoe Johnston, 1839239.9
Nemertea204.3
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)182
Polycirrus medusa Grube, 1850158.5
Eusyllis blomstrandi Malmgren, 1867120.2
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)114.8
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)100
Capitellidae Grube, 186293.3
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843)87.1
Magelona F. Müller, 185885.1
Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 186175.9
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 175875.9
Atylus falcatus Metzger, 187146.8
Ophiura albida Forbes, 183939.8
Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 186639.8
Harmothoe lunulata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)33.9
Paraonis fulgens (Levinsen, 1884)30.2
Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 188730.2
Stenothoe monoculoides (Montagu, 1813)30.2
Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840)26.9
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186725.5
Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)23.4
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)20
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 186817.5
Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778)17
Mya Linnaeus, 175816.6
Siphonoecetes (Centraloecetes) kroyeranus Spence Bate, 185713.2
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)13.2
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186611.4
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)10
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)10
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)8.5
Hypereteone lactea (Claparède, 1868)8
Caprellidae Leach, 18146.8
Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)6.8
Lumbrineris latreilli Audouin & Milne Edwards, 18336.8
Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 19046.8
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 19146.8
Polydora ligni Webster, 18796.8
Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816)6.8
Ensis Schumacher, 18176.8
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 18186.3
Anaitides groenlandica (Örsted, 1842)5.8
Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780)5.8
Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)5.8
Sabellaria spinulosa (Leuckart, 1849)3.3
Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864)3.3
Sabellidae Latreille, 18253.3
Goniada maculata Örsted, 18433.3
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)3.3
Sphaerodorum flavum Örsted, 18433.3
Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)3.3
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)3.3
Pycnogonida3.3
Pirimela denticulata (Montagu, 1808)3.3
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)3.1
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)2.8
Iphinoe trispinosa (Goodsir, 1843)2.8
Lamprops fasciatus G.O. Sars, 18632.8
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)2.8
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Polychaeta6.594
Echinodermata3.904
Mollusca3.712
Animalia0.283
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda1242.5
Turbellaria11
Copepoda11
Halectinosoma herdmani (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)4
Pseudobradya pulchella Sars G.O., 19204
Ameira longipes Boeck, 18654
Ectinosoma normani Scott T. & Scott A., 18963
Gastrotricha3
Polychaeta2
Oligochaeta2
Ameira pusilla Scott T., 19032
Paraleptastacus espinulatus Nicholls, 19351
Pseudameira Sars G.O., 19111
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm