TABLE 11. LIST OF KNOWN PRODUCERS OF FAECAL PELLETS
2
0
N o ,
Species
1. Nucula hanleyi .
2. A’. moorei .
3. W. nucleus
4. N. sulcata
5 . N . tenuis .
6. N.turgida
.
8. Nuculana minuta
.
9. Portlandia japonica .
7. “sp.
.
10. Portlandiella beringii .
11. Saccella sematensis
.
12. Cardiomya gouldiana
septemtrionalis
.
13. Plectodon ligula .
14. Arca umbonata .
.
15. Anadara subcrenata .
16. A . brougktoni .
Pellettypes
7a
7
7a
7 b
7
7a
I
6
6
6
6
6
6
11
11
10
10
10
Size of
Average size of pellets
producer
- Ratio
(shell
Breadth
length/
length,
or width
Length
breadth
mm)
(mm)
(mm)
-
-
ca. 10.0
?
ca. 10.0
0.16
-
-
ca. 10.0
0.16
ca. 10.0
0.16
-
-
-
-
ca. 10.0
0.14
-
-
ca. 10.0
0.14
-
-
-
?
?
?
?
-
-
-
12.0
0.26
-
-
-
-
19.0
0.40
35.0
0.70
-
-
23.0
0.50
-
-
10.5
0.24
-
-
8.0
0.62
-
-
5.0
0.07
-
-
42.0
0.43
-
-
?
0.73-1.09
-
-
85.0
3.50
-
-
Locality*
References
Loch Striven Moore, 1931a
Loch Striven Moore, 1931a
Loch Striven Moore, 1931a
East coast of
z
Scotland
Moore, 1931a
z
Loch Striven Moore, 1931a
Loch Striven Moore, 1931a
2
Loch Striven Moore, 1933
5
(England)
Moore, 1939
(80 m deep)
X
(90 m dp)
0
F
Suruga Bay
This paper
E
Sagami Bay
This paper
Off Kinkazan This paper
Off Kinkazan This paper
Suruga Bay
This paper
(80 m dP)
Chijiwa Bay
This paper
Chijiwa Bay
This paper
Florida
Manning and
Kumpf, 1959
Shirahama
Arakawa, 1965
Himeji
This paper