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Table 5 Polychaetes from seasonal samples of the sciaphilic alga community at station 3 (replicates of each depth level pooled). N number of individuals, S number of species, A (=N/m2) abundance, F frequency, d Margalef richness, H’ Shannon-Weaver index, J’ equitability index, 30 m* sampling in July 1998

From: Polychaetes associated with the sciaphilic alga community in the northern Aegean Sea: spatial and temporal variability

Species

Summer 1997

Autumn 1997

Winter 1998

Spring 1998

A

F

A

F

A

F

A

F

15 m

30 m

30 m*

40 m

15 m

30 m

40 m

15 m

30 m

40 m

15 m

30 m

40 m

Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny, 1820)

5

7

Harmothoe areolata (Grube, 1860)

5

7

5

7

5

10

20

Harmothoe ljungmani (Malmgren, 1867)

5

5

14

5

7

5

7

Harmothoe spinifera (Ehlers, 1864)

5

5

5

7

5

5

14

5

5

14

Scalisetosus fragilis (Claparede, 1868)

5

7

Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780)

5

7

Chrysopetalum debile (Grube, 1855)

5

7

5

7

Euphrosine foliosa Audouin & MilneEdwards, 1833

5

5

5

7

Phyllodoce madeirensis (Langerhans, 1880)

5

5

10

5

15

27

5

7

Kefersteinia cirrata (Keferstein, 1862)

5

5

10

20

14

5

15

27

Syllidia armata Quatrefages, 1865

5

7

5

7

Pionosyllis lamelligera Saint-Joseph, 1856

5

5

5

15

5

7

5

7

5

5

5

20

Exogone naidina Orsted, 1845

55

10

25

45

5

7

5

7

Grubeosyllis limbata (Claparede, 1868)

45

35

10

45

5

7

Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparede, 1868

130

50

55

20

90

15

65

10

54

35

30

46

25

65

54

Eusyllis blomstrandi Malmgren, 1867

20

10

5

5

30

5

7

Pterosyllis formosa Claparede, 1863

5

5

Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855)

5

5

10

15

5

7

10

5

15

34

5

10

5

20

Syllis amica Quatrefages, 1865

5

5

14

Syllis armillaris Muller, 1771

20

14

5

7

Syllis cirropunctata Michel, 1909

5

7

Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843

35

5

25

20

55

15

10

5

34

25

5

5

40

Syllis hyalina Grube, 1843

120

95

65

105

80

30

25

40

10

30

25

46

95

50

5

54

Syllis krohnii Ehlers, 1864

5

5

5

7

5

7

Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852

65

10

15

15

45

15

15

27

25

10

5

34

20

25

5

46

Trypanosyllis coeliaca Claparede, 1868

10

10

20

5

20

10

15

20

5

20

27

Trypanosyllis zebra (Grube, 1860)

15

5

5

15

10

5

25

46

20

20

15

5

20

Ceratonereis costae (Grube, 1840)

5

7

Nereis rava Ehlers, 1868

100

5

30

35

5

35

46

35

40

20

54

55

15

40

Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867

10

5

5

15

10

15

27

5

10

10

34

5

7

Platynereis dumerilii (Audoin & Milne Edwards, 1833)

20

30

35

55

30

15

54

15

40

34

5

7

Nereididae Heteronereis stage

15

10

Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863

115

110

65

40

85

5

70

30

67

60

55

40

67

45

80

60

Glycinde nordmanni (Malmgren, 1865)

5

5

Goniada maculata Orsted, 1843

5

5

5

7

Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804)

Dorvillea rubrovittata (Grube, 1855)

5

5

Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1854

5

5

5

7

15

5

27

15

5

20

Eunice torquata Quatrefages, 1865

10

7

5

7

Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1929)

20

65

30

5

50

35

10

27

65

5

35

40

20

25

5

40

Lysidice ninetta (Audoin & Milne Edwards, 1833)

30

15

35

40

5

5

14

15

20

5

34

35

20

5

54

Nematonereis unicornis (Grube, 1840)

5

5

10

5

5

14

5

7

10

7

Lumbrineris coccinea (Renier, 1804)

5

5

Scoletoma funchalensis (Kinberg, 1865)

35

15

5

35

20

10

10

34

35

10

5

40

10

15

10

46

Onuphis sp.

5

5

5

7

Laonice cirrata (Sars, 1851)

5

5

Polydora caeca (Orsted, 1843)

5

7

Polyopthalmus pictus (Dujardin, 1839)

5

5

14

5

5

14

Pherusa sp.

5

7

5

7

Amphitrite variabilis (Risso, 1826)

10

10

10

5

30

45

10

20

Theostoma oerstedi (Claparede, 1864)

5

5

Polycirrus aurianticus Grube, 1860

5

7

Terebellides stroemi Sars, 1835

25

15

5

7

Amphiglena mediterranea (Leyding, 1851)

120

35

20

15

65

10

15

20

40

5

15

46

40

10

5

40

Branchiomma bombyx (Dalyell, 1853)

15

25

15

35

15

14

Sabella pavonina Savignyi, 1820

5

5

5

7

10

7

Hydroides pseudouncinata Zibrowius, 1968

10

14

Placostegus crystallinus Zibrowius, 1968

5

5

14

5

7

Pomatoceros lamarckii (Quatrefages, 1865)

5

7

Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1865)

30

10

30

5

7

5

5

14

25

5

20

Jasmineira candela (Grube, 1863)

5

5

5

7

5

7

Janita fimbriata (DelleChiaje, 1822)

5

5

15

20

5

7

Serpula concharum Langerhans, 1880

5

15

15

5

7

25

5

27

Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767

5

5

5

7

20

14

15

14

Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Gmelin, 1788)

65

10

15

15

50

15

10

15

34

15

5

20

34

45

25

5

54

Protula sp.

5

5

5

10

20

S

37

27

19

21

18

18

27

29

19

23

21

29

16

N

233

122

80

68

49

62

63

103

56

66

93

88

19

A

1,165

610

400

340

260

320

330

530

285

350

510

465

100

d

6.61

5.41

4.1

4.74

4.37

4.12

6.28

6.04

4.47

5.25

4.41

6.25

5.1

H

4.36

4.01

3.73

3.59

3.64

3.46

4.41

4.29

3.72

4.15

3.82

4.12

3.73

J

0.84

0.84

0.88

0.82

0.87

0.83

0.93

0.88

0.87

0.92

0.87

0.85

0.97