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Table 1 Species descriptions and information on their occurrences (n sampling locations) and abundances (mean count) in seagrass (coverage at least 33%) and bare-sand systems (0% coverage of seagrass)

From: Co-occurrence patterns and the large-scale spatial structure of benthic communities in seagrass meadows and bare sand

 

Seagrass

Bare sand

 

n-samples

63

279

Species

Abbreviation

Taxonomic group

Occurrence (mean)

Occurrence (mean)

Aglaophamus macroura

aglmac

Polychaetes

16 (0.46)

99 (0.52)

Aonides trifida

aontri

Polychaetes

36 (2.87)

161 (12.35)

Arthritica bifurcata

artbif

Bivalves

15 (0.60)

 

Austrovenus stutchburyi

ausstu

Bivalves

33 (3.97)

146 (1.71)

“Bumpy” cirrisyllid

bumcir

Polychaetes

15 (0.60)

97 (1.19)

Colurostylus lemurum

collem

Crustaceans

 

176 (1.63)

Cominella glandiformis

comgla

Gastropods

22 (0.62)

 

Halicarcinus varius

halvar

Crustaceans

15 (0.40)

 

Halicarcinus whitei

halwhi

Crustaceans

15 (0.43)

 

Hesionidea

hesion

Polychaetes

 

97 (0.68)

Heteromastus filiformis

hetfil

Polychaetes

36 (1.16)

145 (1.44)

Macomona liliana

maclil

Bivalves

61 (3.89)

261 (7.00)

Macroclymenella stewartensis stewardensisstewartensis

macste

Polychaetes

26 (0.97)

 

Magelona dakini

magdak

Polychaetes

 

152 (1.66)

Nemertean

nemert

Polychaetes

30 (1.02)

202 (2.19)

Notoacmea scapha

notsca

Gastropods

24 (0.71)

 

Nucula hartvigiana

nucchar

Bivalves

45 (2.03)

95 (1.65)

Orbinia papillosa

orbpap

Polychaetes

 

100 (0.95)

Owenia petersonae

owepet

Polychaetes

20 (1.16)

 

Paphies australis

papaus

Bivalves

19 (0.51)

133 (5.07)

Paracalliope novizealandiae

parnou

Crustaceans

30 (5.22)

103 (1.05)

Phoronis sp.

phoron

Other

 

91 (1.17)

Platynereis australis

plaaus

Polychaetes

25 (0.59)

 

Prionospio aucklandica

priauc

Polychaetes

31 (2.37)

 

Pseudopolydora ‘FAT’

psefat

Polychaetes

27 (1.06)

 

Soletellina siliqua

solsil

Bivalves

 

155 (3.56)

Trochodota dendyi

troden

Polychaetes

22 (0.46)