Table 13.4. Ecological roles and prominent macrobenthic species taking these roles in tropical tidal flats in Australia and on the ::;1
Pacific coast of Central America.
SL Similarity level:
I related species (on genus or family level) with similar ecological roles;
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III no
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(known) counterpart for a species-specific ecological role.
A Amphipoda;
Br Brachiopoda;
Ch Chondrichtyes; D Decapoda;
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Echinodermata; Ec
Echiura; G Gastropoda; H Hemichordata; P
Polychaeta; S Sipuncula
Ecological role
Bioturbatorsl sediment reworking!
Biogenic structures: Burrowers
Biogenic structures: tube-builders
Small-scale sediment disturbance
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III
II
III
II
III
Australia
Uca spp. (D, Ocypodidae)
Lingula anatina (Br, Lingulidae)
Mediomastus sp.,
Notomastus sp.,
Barantolla sp. (P,
Capitellidae)
Lumbrineris spp.
(P, Lumbrineridae)
Trypea australiensis (D, Callianassidae)
Enteropneust indet. (H, Enteropneusta)
Echiuride indet. (Ec)
Paracaudina sp. (E, Holothuroidea)
Macrophthalmus latreillei (D, Ocypodidae)
Prionospio spp. (P,
Spionidae)
Owenia sp. (P,
Oweniidae)
Loimia cf.
medusa (P, Terebellidae)
Polin ices spp.,
Natica spp. (G, Naticidae)
Nassarius spp. (G, Buccinidae)
Uca spp. (D, Ocypodidae)
Arachnoides placenta (E, Echinoidea)
stingrays (Ch, Elasmobranchii)
Mictyris longicarpus (D, Mictyridae)
Scopimera inflata (D, Ocypodidae)
Central America
Uca spp. (D, Ocypodidae)
Glottidia audebarti (Br, Lingulidae)
Mediomastus spp. (P,
Capitellidae)
Lumbrineris spp.
(P, Lumbrineridae)
Alpheus sp. (D,Alpheidae)
Enteropneust indet. (H, Enteropneusta)
Thalassema steinbecki (Ec)
Sipunculus nudus (S)
Prionospio spp.,
Paraprionospio pinnata,
Carazziella citrona (P,
Spionidae)
Owenia spp. (P,
Oweniidae)
Diopatra ornata (P, Onuphidae)
Corophium sp. (A)
Natica spp. (G, Naticidae)
Nassarius spp. (G, Buccinidae)
Uca spp. (D, Ocypodidae)
Encope stokesi (E, Echinoidea)
stingrays (Ch, Elasmobranchii)
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