Research Article

Latitudinal Variation into the Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated to Zostera noltei Seagrass along the Atlantic Coast of Morocco

Table 9

List of the taxa found in Zostera noltei beds in the study sites.

PhylumClass/orderTaxa

CnidariaActinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
NemerteaNemertea spp.
PlatyhelminthesPlatyhelminthes spp. Minot, 1876
AnnelidaPolychaetaAphelochaeta sp. Blake, 1991
Aphrodita sp. Linnaeus, 1758
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
Chone duneri Malmgren, 1867
Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu, 1808)
Diopatra sp. Audouin and Milne Edwards, 1833
Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
Euclymene palermitana (Grube, 1840)
Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866
Lumbrineris latreilli Audouin and Milne Edwards, 1833
Magelona sp. F. Müller, 1858
Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)
Naineris laevigata (Grube, 1855)
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Nicomache (Loxochona) trispinata Arwidsson, 1906
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844
Phyllodoce sp. Lamarck, 1818
Sabella spp. Linnaeus, 1767
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)
Spio sp. Fabricius, 1785
Streblospio shrubsolii (Buchanan, 1890)
Syllides sp. Örsted, 1845
Terebella lapidaria Linnaeus, 1767
ArthropodaAmphipodaAmpelisca sp. Krøyer, 1842
Ampithoe ferox (Chevreux, 1901)
Ampithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
Caprella takeuchii Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano, and García-Gómez, 2001
Corophium sp. Latreille, 1806
Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853
Ericthonius punctatus (Spence Bate, 1857)
Gammarella fucicola (Leach, 1814)
Leptocheirus hirsutimanus (Spence Bate, 1862)
Leucothoe sp. Leach, 1814
Leucothoe richiardii Lessona, 1865
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)
Melita palmata (Montagu, 1804)
Metaphoxus simplex (Spence Bate, 1857)
Microdeutopus chelifer (Spence Bate, 1862)
Urothoe elegans Spence Bate, 1857
CumaceaIphinoe serrata Norman, 1867
Iphinoe trispinosa (Goodsir, 1843)
DecapodaAthanas nitescens (Leach, 1814 (in Leach, 1813–1815))
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818)
Hippolyte sp. Leach, 1814 (in Leach, 1813–1815)
Pagurus sp. J.C. Fabricius, 1775
Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1836
Processa sp. Leach, 1815 (in Leach, 1815–1875)
Upogebia pusilla (Petagna, 1792)
IsopodaCyathura carinata (Krøyer, 1847)
Dynamene edwardsi (Lucas, 1849)
Dynamene sp. Leach, 1814
Idotea chelipes (Pallas, 1766)
Lekanesphaera levii (Argano and Ponticelli, 1981)
Lekanesphaera rugicauda (Leach, 1814)
TanaidaceaApseudes sp. Leach, 1814
Apseudopsis latreillii (Milne Edwards, 1828)
Chondrochelia savignyi (Kroyer, 1842)
Tanais dulongii (Audouin, 1826)
DipteraChironomidae larvae
Dolichopodidae larvae
MolluscaBivalviaAbra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
Brachidontes sp. Swainson, 1840
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Loripes orbiculatus Poli, 1795
Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799
Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
GastropodaBittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792
Cochlis vittata (Gmelin, 1791)
Crepidula porcellana Lamarck, 1801
Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haminoea navicula (da Costa, 1778)
Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
Peringia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
Persicula cingulata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Prunum amygdalum (Kiener, 1841)
Tritia pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844)
Tritia reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
EchinodermataEchinoideaParacentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
OphiuroideaOphiura sp. Lamarck, 1801