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Table 2 List of species recorded during and after the EN event 1997–1998

From: Subtidal macrozoobenthos communities from northern Chile during and post El Niño 1997–1998

Phylum

Family

Species

Feeding group

During EN

After EN

Cephalochordata

Branchiostomatidae

Branchiostoma elongatum

FF

44

1

Cnidaria

 

Indeterminate species 1

FF

23

23

Crustacea

Ampeliscidae

Ampelisca sp.

SSDF

0

1

Alpheidae

Betaeus truncatus

Ot2

1

1

Thalassinidae

Biffarius pacificus

Ot1

0

4

Albuneidae

Blepharipoda spinimana

FF

6

0

Cancridae

Cancer edwarsi

Ot1

0

1

Cancridae

Cancer setosus

Ot1

5

0

Dyastilidae

Cyclaspis sp.

SSDF

31

6

Calappidae

Hepatus chilensis

Ot1

24

0

Xanthidae

Homalaspis plana

Ot1

2

1

Hippolytidae

Latreutes antiborealis

Ot2

0

1

Calappidae

Mursia gaudichaudi

Ot1

2

0

Nannosquillidae

Nannosquilla sp.

Ot1

1

0

Ogyrididae

Ogyrides tarazonai

SSDF

3

0

Diogenidae

Paguristes weddelli

Ot1

14

0

Paguridae

Pagurus perlatus

Ot1

1

0

Paguridae

Pagurus villosus

Ot1

34

1

Pinnotheridae

Pinnixa transversalis

Ot3

23

1

Pinnotheridae

Pinnixa valdiviensis

Ot3

2

10

Phoxocephalidae

Indeterminate species 2

SSDF

10

0

Mollusca

Arcidae

Barbatia sp.

FF

57

11

Calyptraeidae

Crepipatella dilatata

FF

1

0

Calyptraeidae

Crucibulum quiriquinae

FF

1

48

Cultellidae

Ensis macha

FF

25

2

Veneridae

Eurhomalea salinensis

FF

8

0

Glycymeridae

Glycymeris ovatus

FF

0

7

Tellinidae

Macoma inornata

FF

0

1

Columbellidae

Mitrella unifasciata

C

56

73

Montacutidae

Mysella sp.

SDF

0

2

Nassariidae

Nassarius dentifer

C

14

7

Nassariidae

Nassarius gayi

Ot2

128

180

Olividae

Oliva peruviana

Ot2

2

1

Naticidae

Polinices uber

C

3

3

Columbellidae

Salitra radwini

C

6

6

Solemyidae

Solemya sp.

FF

1

0

Muricidae

Xanthochorus buxea

C

2

0

Muricidae

Xanthochorus cassidiformis

C

1

4

Nemertea

 

Indeterminate species 3

C

29

9

Polychaeta

Phyllodocidae

Anaitides sp.

Ot2

0

2

Paraonidae

Aricidea pigmentata

SDF

8

40

Onuphidae

Diopatra chiliensis

Ot2

13

42

Spionidae

Dipolydora socialis

IF

3

4

Lumbrineridae

Eranno bifilaris

Ot2

0

6

Glyceridae

Glycera americana

Ot2

1

0

Goniadidae

Goniada peruana

Ot2

1

3

Polynoidae

Halosydna sp.

Ot2

17

0

Orbiniidae

Haploscoloplos kerguelensis chilensis

SSDF

52

48

Magelonidae

Magelona phyllisae

SSDF

0

13

Nephtyidae

Nephtys ferruginea

Ot2

23

22

Nereididae

Nereis dorsolobata

Ot2

42

5

Spionidae

Paraprionospio pinnata

IF

382

384

Spionidae

Prionospio peruana

IF

10

4

Spionidae

Rhynchospio glutaea

IF

1

0

Spionidae

Scolelepis chilensis

IF

11

1

Spionidae

Spiophanes bombyx

IF

16

6

Phyllodocidae

Indeterminate species 4

Ot2

5

0

Syllidae

Indeterminate species 5

Ot2

5

0

Sabellidae

Indeterminate species 6

Ot4

1

0

Total number of individuals

   

1,151

985

Total number of species

   

49

40

  1. The table indicates the taxa, family, feeding group and the number of individuals collected of each species during and after EN. Species were classified into feeding groups: carnivores (C), filter feeders (FF), interface feeders (IF), surface deposit feeders (SDF), subsurface deposit feeders (SSDF), carnivore/surface deposit feeders (Opportunistic type 1, Ot1), omnivore/carnivore (Opportunistic type 2, Ot2), commensalist/surface deposit feeders (Opportunistic type 3, Ot3), and filter feeder/surface deposit feeders (Opportunistic type 4, Ot4)