Demersal Assemblages on the Soft Bottoms off the Catalan-Levante Coast of the Spanish Mediterranean

Table 3

Species contribution to similarity in each of the six groups resulting from the cluster analysis. ABU: mean abundance in the cluster group (n/km²); % Cum: cumulative percentage of species contribution. Data from MEDITS surveys series 2007–2010.

Species	ABU	% Cum.
Group 1
Spicara flexuosa	3626.31	11.89
Boops boops	3348.89	22.51
Trachurus trachurus	2688.24	28.85
Mullus barbatus	1557.57	34.46
Merluccius merluccius	994.31	40.06
Pagellus erythrinus	1371.72	44.23
Trachurus mediterraneus	1784.88	48.39
Serranus hepatus	197.87	51.84
Spicara smaris	3573.98	55.11
Dardanus arrosor	367.91	57.91
Pagellus acarne	776.22	60.54
Octopus vulgaris	144.28	62.86
Illex coindetii	153.82	64.83
Alloteuthis media	378.79	66.66
Scyliorhinus canicula	476.48	68.35
Eledone cirrhosa	82.92	69.87
Arnoglosus thori	193.19	71.36
Sardina pilchardus	592.19	72.77
Lepidotrigla cavillone	173.84	74.18
Mullus surmuletus	236.7	75.48
Lophius budegassa	50.61	76.67
Stichopus regalis	227.71	77.76
Phallusia mamillata	343.16	78.81
Trachinus draco	58.21	79.77
Ascidiidae	122.58	80.63
Trisopterus minutus	2041.41	81.43
Serranus cabrilla	259.17	82.15
Alcyonium palmatum	193.55	82.85
Echinaster sepositus	211.06	83.48
Diplodus vulgaris	121.44	84.08
Astropecten irregularis	24.22	84.68
Chelidonichthys lastoviza	708	85.27
Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus	57.01	85.84
Macropodia tenuirrostris	26.41	86.39
Ascidia mentula	138.17	86.9
Diplodus annularis	603.73	87.4
Pilumnus spinifer	28.9	87.89
Zeus faber	28.48	88.83
Sepia officinalis	32.38	89.22
Polycarpa pomaria	220.38	89.61
Pagurus prideaux	454.61	89.99
Microcosmus vulgaris	164.18	90.38
Group 2
Alloteuthis media	2176.04	12.93
Merluccius merluccius	2275.56	24.86
Trachurus trachurus	3332.84	35.71
Sardina pilchardus	7538.3	44.37
Boops boops	862.9	51.25
Engraulis encrasicolus	7485.65	56.95
Trachurus mediterraneus	1037.77	61.19
Serranus hepatus	306.58	64.06
Trisopterus minutus	1201.81	66.83
Liocarcinus depurator	387.74	69.23
Mullus barbatus	586.49	71.27
Illex coindetii	504.08	73.23
Cepola macrophthalma	337.53	75.19
Pagellus erythrinus	318	77.13
Spicara flexuosa	267.45	78.87
Aphia minuta	2989.04	80.51
Lepidotrigla cavillone	231.78	82.01
Astropecten irregularis	140.35	83.28
Spicara smaris	81.39	84.3
Capros aper	310.28	85.12
Diplodus annularis	701.53	85.94
Arnoglosus laterna	86.93	86.67
Alloteuthis subulata	66.94	87.39
Scomber scombrus	198.69	88.06
Citharus linguatula	56.28	88.59
Eledone cirrhosa	42.71	89.1
Pelagia noctiluca	93.73	89.6
Octopus vulgaris	23.31	90.07
Group 3
Merluccius merluccius	4300.94	16.56
Trachurus trachurus	8477.77	32.71
Capros aper	6602.24	47.03
Trisopterus minutus	2046.07	54.15
Alloteuthis media	1264.22	59.75
Micromessistius poutassou	36083.68	63.86
Illex coindetii	334.25	67.76
Mullus barbatus	371.4	71.15
Scyliorhinus canicula	550.15	73.22
Eledone cirrhosa	109.25	74.89
Lophius budegassa	62.48	76.32
Lepidotrigla cavillone	114.92	77.68
Cepola macrophthalma	130.62	78.81
Liocarcinus depurator	111.18	79.94
Macroramphosus scolopax	103.67	81.07
Astropecten irregularis	1328.26	82.19
Boops boops	120.17	83.31
Serranus hepatus	84.34	84.21
Zeus faber	29.18	85.12
Sepia orbignyana	51.24	85.97
Macropodia tenuirrostris	55.58	86.66
Plesionika heterocarpus	1207.52	87.29
Stichopus regalis	112.14	87.91
Pelagia noctiluca	556.11	88.51
Helicolenus dactylopterus	221.1	89.08
Lepidorhombus boscii	40.65	89.66
Phycis blennoides	39.08	90.18
Group 4
Gadiculus argenteus	10603.1	15.94
Micromessistius poutassou	8774.87	27.68
Plesionika heterocarpus	3418.14	36.08
Phycis blennoides	1312.92	43.2
Scyliorhinus canicula	1000.87	48.9
Macropipus tuberculatus	327.67	52.8
Helicolenus dactylopterus	636.33	56.23
Capros aper	831.78	59.06
Nephrops norvegicus	528.09	61.83
Merluccius merluccius	309.44	64.18
Sepietta oweniana	273.6	66.41
Plesionika giglioli	401.14	68.52
Pasiphaea sivado	2501.06	70.51
Eledone cirrhosa	66.44	72.24
Solenocera membranacea	247.04	73.93
Parapenaeus longirostris	180.84	75.41
Munida intermedia	214.37	76.84
Trachurus trachurus	542.87	78.14
Lepidorhombus boscii	80.13	79.43
Lophius budegassa	62.1	80.59
Lepidopus caudatus	1622.65	81.66
Coelorinchus caelorhincus	354.65	82.63
Liocarcinus depurator	239.34	83.58
Maurolicus muelleri	204.83	84.34
Chlorotocus crassicornis	76.23	85.04
Trigla lyra	75.11	85.73
Illex coindetii	47.38	86.39
Munida rutllanti	93.73	87.01
Chlorophtalmus agasizii	103.72	87.59
Dardanus arrosor	17.27	88.14
Octopus salutii	29.08	88.68
Alpheus glaber	80.41	89.2
Pagellus bogaraveo	41.64	89.69
Lampanictus crocodrilus	184.39	90.17
Group 5
Lampanictus crocodrilus	1196.54	14.19
Galeus melastomus	446.57	21.88
Plesionika martia	626.62	29.34
Phycis blennoides	251.77	36.41
Aristeus antennatus	560.6	43.16
Polycheles typhlops	124.42	48.21
Nephrops norvegicus	391.85	53.09
Pasiphaea multidentata	141.45	57.72
Sergia robusta	87.06	60.75
Nezumia aequalis	148.06	63.54
Plesionika acanthonotus	92.53	66.29
Geryon longypes	190.24	68.82
Micromesistius poutassou	66.2	70.97
Hymenocephalus italicus	71.36	73.08
Sergestes arcticus	586.32	75.12
Munida tenuimana	68.47	76.77
Argyropelecus hemi..	28.82	78.34
Trachyrincus scabrus	100.69	79.88
Cymbulia peronii	48.89	81.18
Processa canaliculata	35.02	82.47
Solenocera membranacea	93.4	83.57
Plesionika giglioli	388.66	84.6
Notacanthus bonaparte	23.39	85.58
Scyliorhinus canicula	56.73	86.39
Todarodes sagittatus	10.6	87.18
Pagurus alatus	18.17	87.93
Hoplostethus mediterraneus	33.9	88.57
Gennadas elegans	33.24	89.22
Etmopterus spinax	25.72	89.81
Pagellus bogaraveo	11.68	90.4