Chapter 10
Table 1 - Community composition by classification
analysis of samples
Species | Community Type III | Community Type IV | Community Type V | Feeding, Motility, Sediment Modification | Taxon | ||
Prionospio steenstrupi | 59,304 | 36,712 | 33,535 | Surface desposit-feeding, Filter feeding, Discretely motile, tubiculous | Spionid | ||
Tharyx dorsobranchialis | 1,800 | 226 | 3,265 | Surface deposit-feeding, Discretely motile/motile,sediment bioturbating? | Cirratulid | ||
Chaetozone sp. A | 106 | 353 | 501 | Surface deposit feeder, Discretely motile | Cirratulid | ||
Ampelisca vadorum | 4,236 | 385 | 116 | Surface deposit/suspension feeder, tubiculous | Amphipod | ||
Unicola irrorata | 1,800 | 159 | 205 | Surface deposit/suspension feeder, tubiculous | Amphipod | ||
Microduetopus gryllotalpa | 212 | 64 | 237 | Surface deposit/suspension feeder, tubiculous | Amphipod | ||
Phoxocephalus holboli | 469 | Surface deposit/suspension feeder, tubiculous | Amphipod | ||||
Aricidea catherinae | 247 | 385 | 413 | Herbivore, surface deposit feeder, motile, burrower | Paraonid | ||
Polycirrus exumis | 247 | 4 | 205 | Surface deposit feeder, Discretely motile | Terrebellid | ||
Exogenes hebes | 794 | Herbivore, surface deposit feeder, Carnivor, Motile, Burrower, non-tubiculous | Syllid | ||||
Oligochaetus sp. A | 2,965 | 2,330 | 2,577 | Burrowing deposit feeder, Motile | |||
Mediomastus ambiseta | 247 | 247 | 116 | Burrowing deposit feeder, Motile, Pelletization | Capitellid | ||
Nucula annulata | 318 | 212 | 28 | Subsurface deposit feeder, discretely motile | Protobranch | ||
Nemertean | 141 | 642 | 88 | Carnivor Burrowing | |||
Nephtys sp. | 353 | 226 | 381 | Carnivorous, burrowing deposit feeder, Motile, burrows | Nephtyid | ||
Clymenella torquata | 353 | 159 | 148 | Subsurface deposit feeder, sessile, tubiculous, bioturbation, oxygenation | Maldanid |