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Table 1 Invertebrates associated with Perumytilus purpuratus during nutrient addition and transplant experiments

From: Habitat structure is more important than nutrient supply in modifying mussel bed assemblage in an upwelling area of the Peruvian coast

Taxa

Feeding guild

Mobility

Experiment

CNIDARIA

Phymactis clematis

SF

S

T, N

PLATYHELMINTHES

Polycladida indet.

P

M

T

NEMERTEA

Nemertea indet.

P

M

T, N

 

Aquilaspio spp.

DF

M

T

 

Halosydna spp.

P

M

N

ANNELIDA

Phragmatopoma moerchi

SF

S

T, N

Pseudonereis gallapagensis

P

M

T, N

Scoletoma tetraura

P

M

N

Steggoa negra

P

M

N

Syllis spp.

P

M

N

MOLLUSCA

    

 Bivalvia

Rochefortia spp.

SF

S

N

 

Semimytilus algosus (<5 mm)

SF

S

T, N

 Gastropoda

Crepipatella dilatata

SF

M

N

 

Fissurella spp.

G

M

N

 

Nassarius dentifer

P

M

N

 

Scurria spp.

G

M

N

 

Siphonaria lessoni

G

M

T, N

 Polyplacophora

Chiton spp.

G

M

N

 

Acanthopleura spp.

G

M

N

BRACHIPODA

Discinisca lamellosa

SF

S

N

ARTHROPODA

    

 Cirripedia

Jehlius cirratus

SF

S

T, N

 

Balanus laevis

SF

S

T

 Decapoda

Acanthocyclus gayi

P

M

N

 

Petrolisthes spp.

SF

M

N

 

Decapoda indet.

  

N

 Peracarida

Dynamenella spp.

G

M

T, N

 

Gammaridae indet.

G

M

T, N

 Others

Megalopa larvae

P

M

T, N

ECHINODERMATA

    

 Ophiuroidea

Ophiactis kroyeri

DF

M

T, N

  1. Feeding guild (G grazers, DF deposit-feeders, SF suspension-feeders, P predators/scavengers); mobility (S sessile, M mobile); and experiment (T transplant experiment, N nutrient addition experiment)