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Table 1 Caprellids collected from soft bottoms of the Iberian Peninsula

From: An illustrated key to the soft-bottom caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the Iberian Peninsula and remarks to their ecological distribution along the Andalusian coast

Name of species

Distribution

Depth (m)

Type of sediments

Other substrates

Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814

M, A

0–90

MS–CS, Cn, Po, Zm

Al, Hy, As, An, Sp, Br

Caprella caulerpensis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano and García-Gomez, 2002

E

5

SC with Cp, high OM (>10 %)

 

Caprella equilibra Say, 1818

M, A, P, I

0–3,000

Sandy bottoms with Cn

Al, Hy, As, Sp, Br

Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882

E

0–10

Sediments with Cr

Al

Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890

E

0–40

Sediments with Cr

Al, Hy, Eq

Caprella pseudorapax Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano and García-Gómez, 2001

E

20–30

MS–CS, low OM (<1 %)

 

Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890

M, A

1–80

CS, Po

 

Caprella sabulensis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano and García-Gómez, 2001

M, A

20–30

MS–CS, biodetritic, low OM (<1 %)

 

Caprella santosrosai Sánchez-Moyano, Jiménez-Martín and García-Gómez, 1995

E

0–40

Sediments with Cr

Al, Hy, An, Sp

Deutella schieckei Cavedini, 1982

E

0–10

Sediments with Cp and Cr

Al

Liropus cachuchoensis Guerra-García, Sorbe and Frutos, 2008

A

619–1,062

SC with medium OM (4–6 %)

 

Liropus elongatus Mayer, 1890

E

25–30

Sandy bottoms, Po, Pe

 

Pariambus typicus Krøyer, 1844

M, A

0–40

G, CS, MS, FS, SC, Cn, Zm, Zn

Eq

Parvipalpus major A. Carausu, 1941

M, A

0–924

Muddy sands to mud, Po

Al

Parvipalpus onubensis Guerra-García, García-Asencio and Sánchez-Moyano, 2001

A

20

CS, low OM (<2 %)

 

Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769

M, A, P

0–660

G, CS, MS, FS, SC, Cn, Po, Zm, Zn

Al, Hy, As, An, Sp, Br, Eq

Protoaeginella spinipoda Laubitz and Sorbe, 1996

A

2,990–3,070

SC

 

Pseudolirius kroyerii (Haller, 1879)

E

0–62

G, CS, MS, FS, SC

 

Pseudoprotella phasma (Montagu, 1804)

M, A

0–2,450

G, CS, MS, FS, SC, Cn, Po, Zm, Zn

Al, Hy, An

  1. Species collected from seagrasses and Caulerpa spp. growing on sediments are also included
  2. References: Mayer (1882, 1890), Cavedini (1981), Krapp-Schickel (1993), Laubitz and Sorbe (1996), Bellan-Santini and Ruffo (1998), Krapp-Schickel and Vader (1998), Estacio (1996), Guerra-García (2001, 2004), Guerra-García et al. (2000, 2001a, b, c, 2002b, 2008, 2010b), Bachelet et al. (2003), González et al. (2008), Lourido et al. (2008), Moreira et al. (2008), Vázquez-Luis et al. (2009), Cacabelos et al. (2010), de-la-Ossa-Carretero et al. (2010), Sánchez-Moyano and García-Asencio (2010, 2011)
  3. E Mediterranean endemic, M Mediterranean Sea; A Atlantic ocean; P Pacific Ocean; I Indian Ocean. CS coarse sand; MS medium sand; FS fine sand; SC silt and clay; OM organic matter; Cn Cymodocea nodosa; Po Posidonia oceanica; Zm Zostera marina; Zn Zostera noltii; C Caulerpa; Cp Caulerpa prolifera; Cr Caulerpa racemosa; Pe Peysonnelia; Al algae; Hy hydroids; As ascidians; An, antozoans; Sp, sponges; Br bryozoans; Eq equinoderms