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Table 3 List of species and abundance (ind/m−2) recorded during the study

From: Functional diversity of marine macrobenthic communities from sublittoral soft-sediment habitats off northern Chile

Phylum

Family

Species

Shallow

Deep

Polychaeta

Nephtyidae

Nephtys ferruginea

9.67 ± 3.06

139 ± 65.21

Onuphidae

Diopatra chilensis

29.67 ± 5.69

0

Orbiniidae

Haploscoloplos chilensis

2.33 ± 3.21

105.33 ± 57.1

Magelonidae

Magelona phyllisae

0.33 ± 0.58

1,578 ± 523.54

Paraonidae

Aricidea pigmentata

0.33 ± 0.58

72.33 ± 37.63

Polynoidae

Halosydna sp.

59 ± 11.36

0.67 ± 1.115

Spionidae

Paraprionospio pinnata

16 ± 12.29

2,024.67 ± 447.92

Spionidae

Prionospio peruana

0

510.33 ± 183.65

Spionidae

Spiophanes bombyx

0

309 ± 109.23

Cnidaria

Sagartiidae

Anthothoe sp.

1,580.67 ± 470.1

0

Actinostolidae

Antholoba achates

1.33 ± 1.53

0

Crustacea

Ampeliscidae

Ampelisca sp.

28.67 ± 28.29

4 ± 4

Phoxocephalidae

Heterophoxus sp.

19.67 ± 13.43

0

Aoridae

Aora typica

89 ± 30.30

0

Platyischnopidae

Eudevenopus gracilipes

9.67 ± 5.51

0

Alpheidae

Betaeus truncatus

51.67 ± 17.67

0

Paguridae

Pagurus villosus

85 ± 43

0

Paguridae

Pagurus perlatus

89 ± 77.32

0

Xanthidae

Pilumnoides perlatus

5.67 ± 3.06

0

Platyxanthidae

Platyxanthus cokeri

76.33 ± 35.13

0

Porcellanidae

Petrolisthes desmaresti

23.67 ± 31.94

0

Hippolytidae

Latreutes antiborealis

3.67 ± 2.08

0

Pinnotheridae

Pinnixa transversalis

1.33 ± 1.53

0

Pinnotheridae

Pinnixa valdiviensis

4.67 ± 1.15

0

Cancridae

Cancer sp.

11.67 ± 2.52

0

Echinodermata

Ophiactidae

Ophiactis sp.

6 ± 2

0

Asterinidae

Patiria chilensis

0.67 ± 0.58

0

Mollusca

Chitonidae

Chiton cumingsi

8 ± 6.08

0

Buccinidae

Aeneator fontanei

2.67 ± 3.06

0

Columbellidae

Mitrella unifasciata

1,347.67 ± 75.14

0

Nassariidae

Nassarius gayi

128.67 ± 13.28

23.33 ± 7.77

Cancellaridae

Cancellaria buccinoides

6.33 ± 4.51

0

Ranellidae

Priene rude

60.33 ± 18.9

0

Ranellidae

Priene scabrum

20.67 ± 8.08

0

Olividae

Oliva peruviana

2.67 ± 2.52

0

Naticidae

Polinices uber

2 ± 1.73

0

Muricidae

Xanthochorus cassidiformis

0.67 ± 1.15

0

Nuculanidae

Nuculana cuneata

0

862 ± 214.3

Nuculinae

Linucula pisum

3.33 ± 3.06

0

  1. Values are the mean and standard deviation of the species recorded in both studied habitats