Research Article
Environmental Gradient Favours Functionally Diverse Macrobenthic Community in a Placer Rich Tropical Bay
Table 7
Macrofauna from Kalbadevi Bay.
| | Taxa | Abundance | Feeding | Motility | Habit |
| | Anthozoa | | | | | | Virgularia sp. | 25–2,475 | FF | S | U | | Hydrozoa | | | | | | Obelia colony | 25–50 | FF | S | A | | Nematoda | 25–1,875 | SDF | M | F | | Nemertina | 25–700 | C | M | F | | Polychaeta | | | | | | Ancistrosyllis sp. | 0–25 | C | M | F | | Microphthalmus sp. | 0–1,100 | GR | M | F | | Hesione sp. | 0–50 | O | M | F | | Exogone sp. | 25–75 | GR | M | F | | Odontosyllis sp. | 0–50 | C | M | F | | Nereis sp. | 25–75 | O | D | T | | Perinereis sp. | 0–25 | O | D | T | | Eteone sp. | 50–1,025 | O | M | F | | Phyllodoce sp. | 50–650 | O | M | F | | Phyllodoce castanea | 25–75 | O | M | F | | Genetyllis gracilis | 25–475 | O | M | F | | Lumbrineris bifilaris | 75–625 | C | M | F | | Lumbrineris impatiens | 25–150 | C | M | F | | Lumbrineris latreilli | 25–350 | C | M | F | | Lumbrineris sp. | 50–150 | C | M | F | | Glycera alba | 25–250 | C | M | F | | Glycera longipinnis | 25–100 | C | M | F | | Glycera prashadi | 250–325 | C | M | F | | Glycinde oligodon | 25–175 | C | M | F | | Goniadides sp. | 0–25 | C | M | F | | Cossura sp. | 25–50 | SSDF | M | F | | Cirratulidae | 75–4,775 | SDF | D | F | | Tharyx sp. | 25–2,050 | SDF | D | F | | Nephtys sp. | 25–125 | C | M | F | | Nephtys polybranchia | 25–425 | C | M | F | | Nephtys oligobranchia | 0–125 | C | M | F | | Magelona sp. | 25–1,000 | SDF | D | F | | Aricidea sp. | 25–225 | SDF | D | B | | Aricidea catherinae | 25–250 | SDF | D | B | | Levinsenia sp. | 25–50 | SDF | D | B | | Protodorvillea egena | 25–550 | C | M | F | | Lysidice sp. | 25–675 | C | S | B | | Diopatra claparedii | 25–75 | C | D | T | | Diopatra sp. | 0–25 | C | D | T | | Onuphis holobranchiata | 0–25 | C | D | T | | Onuphis eremita | 25–175 | C | D | T | | Eunice indica | 25–300 | C | NA | NA | | Orbinia sp. | 0–25 | SSDF | M | F | | Scoloplos marsupialis | 25–100 | SSDF | M | F | | Scoloplos sp. | 25–100 | SSDF | M | F | | Paraprionospio pinnata | 25–3,350 | SDF | D | T | | Prionospio sp. | 25–225 | SDF | D | T | | Minuspio cirrifera | 25–625 | SDF | D | T | | Dipolydora coeca | 25–1,100 | SDF | D | T | | Pseudopolydora sp. | 50–5,675 | SDF | D | T | | Capitella minima | 25–425 | SSDF | D | T | | Mediomastus sp. | 225–15,200 | SSDF | D | F | | Euclymene insecta | 25–100 | SSDF | D | T | | Axiothella sp. | 25–200 | SSDF | D | T | | Armandia lanceolata | 25–325 | SSDF | D | F | | Flabelligeridae | 0–25 | SDF | D | F | | Poecilochaetus serpens | 25–100 | SDF | D | F | | Owenia sp. | 0–25 | SDF | S | T | | Trochochaeta orissae | 0–25 | SDF | S | T | | Phyllochaetopterus socialis | 25–100 | SDF | D | T | | Sternaspis scutata | 25–525 | SSDF | S | B | | Sabellidae | 25–16,925 | FF | D | T | | Terebellidae | 25–1,125 | SDF | D | T | | Terebellides sp. | 25–175 | SDF | S | T | | Terebellides stroemii | 0–25 | SDF | D | T | | Amage sp. | 25–75 | SDF | M | T | | Oligochaeta | 0–25 | SSDF | D | T | | Sipuncula | 0–25 | SDF | S | F | | Phoronida | 25–50 | FF | D | T | | Bivalvia | | | | | | Cardites bicolor | 0–25 | FF | D | B | | Cuspidaria sp. | 25–75 | C | D | F | | Venerupis sp. | 0–50 | FF | D | F | | Donax sp. | 25–50 | FF | D | B | | Modiolus sp. | 25–275 | FF | D | A | | Timoclea scabra | 25–1,150 | FF | D | F | | Mactra sp. | 0–200 | FF | D | F | | Tellina ala | 25–150 | FF | D | F | | Tellina sp. | 25–1,175 | FF | D | F | | Solen sp. | 0–25 | FF | D | B | | Gastropoda | | | | | | Babylonia spirata | 0–50 | C | M | NA | | Bittium sp. | 0–25 | SDF | M | F | | Umbonium vestiarium | 0–25 | FF | M | F | | Surcula sp. | 0–25 | C | NA | F | | Turritella sp. | 0–25 | C | D | B | | Calyptraea sp. | 0–25 | FF | M | C | | Cylichna sp. | 25–100 | C | M | F | | Oliva sp. | 25–50 | C | M | F | | Mitridae | 0–25 | C | NA | F | | Cypraea sp. | 0–25 | C | M | NA | | Polinices sp. | 0–25 | C | M | F | | Cumacea | | | | | | Bodotriidae | 25–1,100 | GR/DR | M | F | | Cyclaspis sp. | 25–475 | GR/DR | M | F | | Isopoda | | | | | | Cyathura sp. | 25–1,375 | C | M | F | | Tanaidacea | 100–300 | SDF | D | T | | Amphipoda | | | | | | Ampelisca sp. | 25–2,300 | FF | M | T | | Synchelidium sp. | 25–475 | C | M | F | | Haustoriidae | 25–75 | C | M | B | | Ampithoe sp. | 25–100 | BR | D | B | | Photis sp. | 25–400 | FF | D | T | | Isaeidae | 50–1,000 | FF | D | T | | Melphidippidae | 75–100 | FF | D | F | | Corophiidae | 0–25 | FF | D | T | | Gammarus sp. | 0–25 | FF | NA | T | | Liljeborgiidae | 50–75 | SDF | M | NA | | Stegocephalidae | 0–25 | C | M | F | | Phoxocephalidae | 0–25 | C | M | B | | Caprellidae | 25–175 | GR | M | F | | Decapoda | | | | | | Brachyura | 0–25 | NA | NA | NA | | Penaeidae | 0–25 | NA | NA | NA | | Pagurus sp. | 0–25 | O | M | F | | Ostracoda | 25–1,075 | NA | NA | NA | | Ophiuroidea | 25–150 | NA | NA | NA | | Amphioxiformes | | | | | | Branchiostoma lanceolatum | 0–25 | FF | NA | B |
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NA: not available.
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