Table 2 Species richness along the coastlines of Belgium (southern North Sea) and the island of Sylt (eastern North Sea)
Sylt | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
Protozoa | 68 | na |
Chromista | 772 | na |
Plantae | 143 | 131 |
Animalia, total | 1772 | 2056 |
Macrofauna, predominantly sessile | 23 | 217 |
Porifera | 3 | 34 |
Cirripedia | 6 | 27 |
Bryozoa | 14 | 156 |
Macrofauna, predominantly mobile | 678 | 886 |
Polychaetaa | 152 | 152 |
Mollusca | 104 | 129 |
Pisces | 78 | 127 |
Aves | 88 | 75 |
Amphipoda | 88 | 71 |
Decapoda | 26 | 72 |
Cnidaria | 47 | 55 |
Isopoda | 8 | 33 |
Echinodermata | 12 | 27 |
Cumacea | 17 | 13 |
Mysida | 12 | 18 |
Tunicata | 10 | 11 |
Nemerteaa | 8 | 12 |
other macrofaunal taxa | 28 | 93 |
Meiofauna | 1071 | 953 |
Nematoda | 322 | 473 |
Platyhelminthesb | 337 | 161 |
Copepoda | 146 | 194 |
Ostracoda | 22 | 56 |
Gastrotricha | 60 | 36 |
Xenacoelomorpha | 65 | 0 |
Oligochaetab | 46 | 11 |
Rotifera | 30 | 20 |
Acari | 28 | 0 |
Gnathostomulida | 10 | 0 |
Kinorhyncha | 2 | 2 |
Tardigrada | 3 | 0 |