Biodiversity of nematode assemblages from the region of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, an area of commercial mining interest

Table 4 Genera with three or more species (in brackets) recorded from various locations; (i) Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ, this study), (ii) Porcupine Abyssal Plain 1989 study (PAP) [45], (iii) San Diego Trough (SDT) [10], (iv) Rockall Trough 535 metre station (RT 535) [10], (v) Irish Sea (IS, Ferrero unpublished data) [3], and (vi) Clyde Inland Sea low water spring tide (CIS) [6].

CCFZ	PAP 1989	SDT	RT535	IS	CIS
Thalassomonhystera 12	Acantholaimus 8	Daptonema 8	Thalassomonhystera 7	Daptonema 8	Daptonema 8
Halalaimus, 11	Halalaimus 8	Halalaimus 7	Halalaimus 5	Microlaimus 7	Theristus 8
Acantholaimus 7	Daptonema 4	Microlaimus 6	Daptonema 3	Halalaimus 5	Microlaimus 5
Desmodora 7	Diplopeltula 4	Ceramonema 4	Microlaimus 3	Sabatieria 5	Neochromadora 4
Leptolaimus 7	Thalassomonhystera 4	Desmodora 4	Metadesmolaimus 3	Paracanthonchus 4	Cyartonema 3
Diplopeltoides 5	Microlaimus 3	Leptolaimus 3	Tricoma 3	Pomponema 4	Dichromadora 3
Syringolaimus 5	Oxystomina 3	Molgolaimus 3		Prochromadorella 4	Metadesmolaimus 3
Cervonema 4	Quadricoma 3	Prochromadorella 3		Theristus 4	Pomponema 3
Desmoscolex 4				Ceramonema 3
Diplopeltula 4				Desmodora 3
Linhystera 4				Richtersia 3
Oxystomina 4				Tricoma 3
Ascolaimus 3
Campylaimus 3
Campylaimus 3
Cobbia 3
Litinium 3
Marylynnia 3
Microlaimus 3
Molgolaimus 3

Note that the Rockall data are based on only 3 samples so may underestimate numbers of species per genus. All other data are based on at least six samples.

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