The Sand Beach Ecosystem of Chile
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Table 15.1. Sandy beach fauna from the northern (N, 20-23°S), north-central (NC,
29-30°5), central ( C, ca. 33°S), and south-central (SC, 40-42°5) coast of Chile. Insecta
Coleoptera (I C), Crustacea Amphipoda ( CA), Crustacea Isopoda ( CJ), Crustacea Anomura (CAN), Crustacea Brachyura ( CB), Crustacea Macrura ( CM), Crustacea Stoma topoda ( CS), Mollusca Bivalvia (MB), Annelida Polychaeta (AP) (based on Castilla et a!.
1977; Sanchez et al.1982; Jaramillo 1987b; Jaramillo et al.1993, 1998; Brazeiro eta!. 1998)
Taxa
N
NC
c
sc
Phalerisida maculata Kulser IC
X
X
X
X
Orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet CA
X
X
X
Bathyporeiapus magellanicus Schellenberg CA
X
X
Phoxocephalopsis mehuinensis Varela CA
X
Huarpe sp. Barnard and Clark CA
X
Lysianassidae Dana CA
X
Tylos spinulosus Dana CI
X
Excirolana braziliensis Richardson CI
X
X
X
X
Excirolana hirsuticauda Menzies CI
X
X
X
Excirolana monodi Carvacho CI
X
X
Macrochiridothea setifer Menzies CI
X
X
Macrochiridothea mehuinensis Jaramillo CI
X
Macrochiridothea aff. lilianae Moreira CI
X
Chaetilia paucidens Menzies CI
X
X
Emerita analoga (Stimpson) CAN
X
X
X
X
Lepidopa chilensis Lenz CAN
X
X
X
X
Blepharipoda spinimana Philippi CAN
X
X
X
X
Ogyrides tarazonai Wicksten and Mendez CM
X
Ocypode gaudichaudii Milne Edwards CB
X
Ovalipes punctatus (DeHaan) CB
X
Pseudocorystes sicarius (Poeppig) CB
X
Bellia picta Milne Edwards CB
X
X
X
Nannosquilla chilensis Dahl CS
X
Mesodesma donacium (Lamark) MB
X
X
X
X
Donax peruvianus Deshayes MB
X
Nephtys impressa Baird AP
X
X
X
X
Euzonus heterocirrus Rozbaczylo and Zamorano AP
X
X
X
Scololepis chilensis (Hartmann-Schroder) AP
X
X
Leitoscoloplos sp. Monro AP
X
X
X
Lumbrinereis sp. Blainville AP
X
X
Spionidae undet. Grube AP
X
Gliceridae undet. Grube AP
X
X
X
Onuphidae undet. Kin berg AP
X
Nemertina undet.
X
X
X
X
between 20°S and 42°S. Crustaceans (22 taxa), mainly peracarids, with
three species of Excirolana and the idotheid isopods Chaetilia paucidens
and Machrochiridothea (three species), are the most diverse group followed by polychaetes (eight taxa) (Table 15.1).
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Table 15.1. Sandy beach fauna from the northern (N, 20-23°S), north-central (NC,
29-30°5), central ( C, ca. 33°S), and south-central (SC, 40-42°5) coast of Chile. Insecta
Coleoptera (I C), Crustacea Amphipoda ( CA), Crustacea Isopoda ( CJ), Crustacea Anomura (CAN), Crustacea Brachyura ( CB), Crustacea Macrura ( CM), Crustacea Stoma topoda ( CS), Mollusca Bivalvia (MB), Annelida Polychaeta (AP) (based on Castilla et a!.
1977; Sanchez et al.1982; Jaramillo 1987b; Jaramillo et al.1993, 1998; Brazeiro eta!. 1998)
Taxa
N
NC
c
sc
Phalerisida maculata Kulser IC
X
X
X
X
Orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet CA
X
X
X
Bathyporeiapus magellanicus Schellenberg CA
X
X
Phoxocephalopsis mehuinensis Varela CA
X
Huarpe sp. Barnard and Clark CA
X
Lysianassidae Dana CA
X
Tylos spinulosus Dana CI
X
Excirolana braziliensis Richardson CI
X
X
X
X
Excirolana hirsuticauda Menzies CI
X
X
X
Excirolana monodi Carvacho CI
X
X
Macrochiridothea setifer Menzies CI
X
X
Macrochiridothea mehuinensis Jaramillo CI
X
Macrochiridothea aff. lilianae Moreira CI
X
Chaetilia paucidens Menzies CI
X
X
Emerita analoga (Stimpson) CAN
X
X
X
X
Lepidopa chilensis Lenz CAN
X
X
X
X
Blepharipoda spinimana Philippi CAN
X
X
X
X
Ogyrides tarazonai Wicksten and Mendez CM
X
Ocypode gaudichaudii Milne Edwards CB
X
Ovalipes punctatus (DeHaan) CB
X
Pseudocorystes sicarius (Poeppig) CB
X
Bellia picta Milne Edwards CB
X
X
X
Nannosquilla chilensis Dahl CS
X
Mesodesma donacium (Lamark) MB
X
X
X
X
Donax peruvianus Deshayes MB
X
Nephtys impressa Baird AP
X
X
X
X
Euzonus heterocirrus Rozbaczylo and Zamorano AP
X
X
X
Scololepis chilensis (Hartmann-Schroder) AP
X
X
Leitoscoloplos sp. Monro AP
X
X
X
Lumbrinereis sp. Blainville AP
X
X
Spionidae undet. Grube AP
X
Gliceridae undet. Grube AP
X
X
X
Onuphidae undet. Kin berg AP
X
Nemertina undet.
X
X
X
X
between 20°S and 42°S. Crustaceans (22 taxa), mainly peracarids, with
three species of Excirolana and the idotheid isopods Chaetilia paucidens
and Machrochiridothea (three species), are the most diverse group followed by polychaetes (eight taxa) (Table 15.1).