Table 1 Codes used in species characterization in relation to microhabitat preference, feeding guild and biogeographical distribution
Category | Code | Comments |
|---|---|---|
Preferential substrate (microhabitat) | DE | Demersal that may bury |
EP | Epibionts & ectoparasites | |
HE | Hard bottoms epifauna | |
SB | Partly buried in soft bottoms | |
SE | Soft bottoms epifauna | |
SI | Soft bottoms infauna | |
VE | Epifauna on vegetated substrates | |
Trophic group (feeding guild) | AG | Herbivores of macroalgae and epiphytes |
P | Predators on mobile preys | |
D | Deposit feeders | |
E | Ectoparasites and carnivores on preys without mobility | |
F | Filter feeders | |
MG | Microalgae herbivores | |
SC | Scavengers | |
SG | Seagrass-feeding herbivores | |
O | Egg and spawn feeders | |
Biogeographical distribution | AF | Western Africa |
CN | Canary Islands | |
IM | Ibero-Moroccan gulf | |
ME | Mediterranean Sea (those species that occur only in the Alboran Sea are excluded from this sector) | |
NE | Northern Europe | |
WE | Western Europe |