Diel and seasonal variation of a molluscan taxocoenosis associated with a Zostera marina bed in southern Spain (Alboran Sea)

Rueda, Jose L.; Urra, Javier; Salas, Carmen

doi:10.1007/s10152-008-0111-1

Table 1 Top-20 dominant (%D) and frequent (%F) molluscan species in the global (diurnal + nocturnal), diurnal and nocturnal assemblages in a Zostera marina bed (12–14 m depth)

From: Diel and seasonal variation of a molluscan taxocoenosis associated with a Zostera marina bed in southern Spain (Alboran Sea)

Global			Diurnal			Nocturnal
Species	N	% D	Species	N	% D	Species	N	% D
Jujubinus striatus	241712	66.02	Jujubinus striatus	86804	79.52	Jujubinus striatus	154908	60.28
Nassarius pygmaeus	68456	18.70	Mitrella minor	6139	5.62	Nassarius pygmaeus	64080	24.94
Mitrella minor	28011	7.65	Nassarius pygmaeus	4376	4.01	Mitrella minor	21872	8.51
Calliostoma planatum	8189	2.24	Rissoa membranacea	3417	3.13	Calliostoma planatum	5543	2.16
Rissoa membranacea	6425	1.75	Calliostoma planatum	2646	2.42	Rissoa membranacea	3008	1.17
Bittium reticulatum	3227	0.88	Bittium reticulatum	2092	1.92	Nassarius reticulatus	1160	0.45
Smaragdia viridis	1795	0.49	Rissoa monodonta	807	0.74	Bittium reticulatum	1135	0.44
Rissoa monodonta	1551	0.42	Smaragdia viridis	677	0.62	Smaragdia viridis	1118	0.43
Nassarius reticulatus	1377	0.38	Pusillina inconspicua	396	0.36	Rissoa monodonta	744	0.29
Pusillina inconspicua	1133	0.31	Nassarius reticulatus	217	0.20	Pusillina inconspicua	737	0.29
Nassarius incrassatus	803	0.22	Anomia ephippium	209	0.19	Nassarius incrassatus	639	0.25
Anomia ephippium	583	0.16	Bittium latreillii	203	0.18	Anomia ephippium	374	0.14
Odostomia turrita	372	0.10	Nassarius incrassatus	164	0.15	Odostomia turrita	325	0.13
Bittium latreillii	368	0.10	Modiolarca subpicta	150	0.14	Modiolarca subpicta	177	0.07
Modiolarca subpicta	327	0.09	Polycera cf quadrilineata	95	0.09	Bittium latreillii	165	0.06
Aplysia punctata	185	0.05	Musculus costulatus	72	0.06	Aplysia punctata	144	0.06
Polycera cf quadrilineata	138	0.04	Marshallora adversa	66	0.06	Hiatella arctica	67	0.03
Musculus costulatus	123	0.03	Mytilaster minimus	48	0.04	Mytilaster minimus	57	0.02
Mytilaster minimus	105	0.03	Odostomia turrita	47	0.04	Rissoa violacea	52	0.02
Hiatella arctica	90	0.02	Parvicardium scriptum	42	0.04	Musculus costulatus	51	0.02

Species	% F	Species	% F	Species	% F
Jujubinus striatus	100.00	Jujubinus striatus	100.00	Jujubinus striatus	100.00
Nassarius pygmaeus	100.00	Mitrella minor	100.00	Nassarius pygmaeus	100.00
Mitrella minor	100.00	Nassarius pygmaeus	100.00	Mitrella minor	100.00
Calliostoma planatum	100.00	Rissoa membranacea	100.00	Calliostoma planatum	100.00
Rissoa membranacea	100.00	Calliostoma planatum	100.00	Rissoa membranacea	100.00
Bittium reticulatum	100.00	Bittium reticulatum	100.00	Nassarius reticulatus	100.00
Smaragdia viridis	100.00	Rissoa monodonta	100.00	Bittium reticulatum	100.00
Rissoa monodonta	100.00	Smaragdia viridis	100.00	Smaragdia viridis	100.00
Nassarius incrassatus	100.00	Anomia ephippium	100.00	Rissoa monodonta	100.00
Anomia ephippium	100.00	Bittium latreillii	100.00	Nassarius incrassatus	100.00
Bittium latreillii	100.00	Nassarius incrassatus	100.00	Anomia ephippium	100.00
Modiolarca subpicta	92.00	Pusillina inconspicua	84.62	Odostomia turrita	100.00
Nassarius reticulatus	84.00	Modiolarca subpicta	84.62	Modiolarca subpicta	100.00
Pusillina inconspicua	84.00	Rissoa violacea	84.62	Bittium latreillii	100.00
Odostomia turrita	84.00	Tricolia pullus	76.92	Pusillina inconspicua	83.33
Tricolia pullus	80.00	Nassarius reticulatus	69.23	Tricolia pullus	83.33
Rissoa violacea	80.00	Odostomia turrita	69.23	Calyptraea chinensis	83.33
Calyptraea chinensis	72.00	Mytilaster minimus	61.54	Aplysia punctata	75.00
Mytilaster minimus	68.00	Calyptraea chinensis	61.54	Rissoa violacea	75.00
Hiatella arctica	60.00	Tricolia tenuis	53.85	Fusinus pulchellus	75.00

N total number of individuals collected

Back to article page

ISSN: 1438-3888

Contact us

Submission enquiries: neelu.sekar@springernature.com
General enquiries: info@biomedcentral.com

Helgoland Marine Research

Contact us