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Diversity and species composition of peracarids (Crustacea: Malacostraca) on the South Greenland shelf: spatial and temporal variation

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The interannual variability in peracarid (Crustacea: Malacostraca; Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Tanaidacea) species composition and diversity on the South Greenland shelf was studied at four stations over a sampling period of 3 years (2001, 2002 and 2004), using a Rauschert sled at depths of about 160 m. The South Greenland peracarids were relatively stable over the 3 years with respect to evenness and diversity. Moderate changes in temperature and salinity had negligible effects on the species composition, while sediment structure was found to be the most important environmental variable shaping the peracarid fauna.

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Acknowledgments

The first author would like to thank the Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany, for enabling epibenthic sampling on RV Walther Herwig III during the Greenland cruises WH233, WH244 and WH268, the crew of RV Walther Herwig III and the scientists-in-charge Dr. Matthias Stehmann and Manfred Stein for their support and help during these cruises, the latter also for his help with regard to oceanographic issues. Our gratitude also goes to Dr. J. Berge, Dr. C. de Broyer, Dr. A. Myers, Dr. G. Krapp-Schickel, Dr. L. Buhl-Mortensen, Lydia Kramer and Antje Fischer for assistance in the identification of amphipods, to Drs. Stefanie Kaiser and Saskia Brix for comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. Additional thanks to Prof. Angelika Brandt for supervising the first author’s Ph.D. thesis, on which this paper is based, and for helpful comments on the manuscript. Thanks to four anonymous reviewers for their valuable constructive comments and suggestions. Special thanks to Dr. Gary Poore for improving the English on an earlier version of the manuscript, Eric dos Santos for his comments and to Dr. Christoph Stransky for his endless support during the entire time of first author’s Ph.D. study. This work was partly funded by travel grants of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, PKZ:D/05/43069) and the ArcOD project within the Census of Marine Life (CoML) programme.

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Appendix

Appendix

Species list of all 12 stations in taxonomic order and relative abundance of all identified species

Family

Species

NE-station

SE-station

SW-station

 NW-station

2001

2002

2004

2001

2002

2004

2001

2002

2004

2001

2002

2004

-1

-2

-3

-4

Amphipoda

 Aoridae

Autonoe borealis (Myers, 1976)

2

9

9

0

0

1

23

14

2

113

17

117

 Caprellidae

Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861

8

19

13

16

23

9

912

1,397

914

72

15

84

Aeginina longicornis (Krøyer, 1843)

0

3

0

2

4

2

28

83

17

9

10

4

Caprella ciliata Sars, 1895

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

0

2

Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887

4

8

10

9

2

0

183

52

6

183

6

117

Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916

0

0

5

2

8

0

496

392

204

0

2

0

Cercops holboelli Krøyer, 1843

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

42

0

14

0

0

Proaeginina norvegica (Stephensen, 1931)

2

108

31

1

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Caprellidae spp.

0

11

5

18

23

0

481

504

124

40

26

46

 Corophiidae

Protomedeia fasciata Krøyer, 1842

0

0

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Dulichidae

Dulichia cf. falcata (Bate, 1857)

0

10

18

4

0

2

38

23

5

82

20

61

Dulichia spinosissima Krøyer, 1845

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

25

8

2

1

0

Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857

0

0

0

2

0

0

116

53

0

7

0

0

Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1871

0

21

47

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

1

Ericthonius megalops (Sars, 1879)

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Ischyroceridae

Ischyrocerus anguipes Krøyer, 1838

0

0

0

254

0

0

0

313

11

373

56

49

Ischyrocerus latipes Krøyer, 1842

0

29

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Ischyrocerus megacheir (Boeck, 1871)

11

28

5

0

1

0

277

256

33

36

4

7

Ischyrocerus megalops Sars, 1895

0

0

0

8

1

0

0

2

6

41

4

7

Ischyrocerus T1 Just, 1980

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Ischyrocerus sp. 1

0

74

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ischyrocerus sp. 2

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Photidae

Siphonoecetes typicus Krøyer, 1845

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

9

2

0

0

0

Photis reinhardi Krøyer, 1842

0

0

0

8

2

0

1,371

2,929

2,281

246

33

149

Gammaropsis cf. melanops Sars, 1879

16

123

64

18

7

2

57

94

101

267

36

227

 Podoceridae

Gammaropsis sp. 2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859

4

40

37

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Unciolidae

Unciola laticornis Hansen, 1887

18

88

23

63

33

9

82

172

162

7

0

0

Unciola leucopis (Krøyer, 1845)

5

0

0

2

0

0

21

25

10

13

9

9

Corophiidea spp.

1

0

0

2

0

0

12

1,150

10

26

0

23

 Amphilochidae

Amphilochus manudens Bate, 1862

269

630

610

458

248

191

983

759

683

5

2

2

Amphilochus tenuimanus Boeck, 1872

62

172

180

63

11

19

102

127

56

66

19

89

Gitanopsis cf. arctica Sars, 1892

25

0

0

0

0

0

107

67

5

336

37

118

Gitanopsis bispinosa (Boeck, 1871)

0

11

20

5

7

8

264

121

87

163

40

117

Amphilochidae spp.

6

33

20

4

11

22

23

52

34

26

9

51

 Ampeliscidae

Ampelisca aequicornis Bruzelius, 1859

1

4

2

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

Ampelisca eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ampelisca macrocephala Lilljeborg, 1852

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

23

17

13

0

1

Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 1861

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Byblis gaimardi (Krøyer, 1846)

9

9

15

3

8

2

5

6

11

6

0

0

Haploops setosa Boeck, 1871

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

2

0

Haploops sp. 1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ampeliscidae spp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

2

3

0

0

 Argissidae

Argissa hamatipes (Norman, 1869)

0

0

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

Astyra abyssi Boeck, 1871

0

6

7

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

 Atylidae

Atylus smitti Goës, 1866

0

0

0

2

2

0

2

3

0

4

2

1

 Dexaminidae

Guernea sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

132

10

16

 Epimeriidae

Paramphithoe hystrix (Ross, 1835)

1

5

2

0

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

1

 Eusiridae

Eusirus propinquus Sars, 1893

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

15

Rhachotropis aculeata (Lepechin, 1780)

0

1

0

5

2

0

0

0

0

3

2

0

Rhachotropis inflata (Sars, 1882)

14

134

7

43

57

26

46

4

8

400

29

166

Rhachotropis spp.

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Calliopiidae

Apherusa bispinosa (Bate, 1856)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Apherusa sarsi Shoemaker, 1930

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

62

125

160

Cleippides tricuspis (Krøyer, 1846)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

4

6

3

20

Laothoes meinerti Boeck, 1871

3

41

14

1

18

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Iphimediidae

Acanthonotozoma cristatum (Ross, 1835)

0

3

4

0

0

0

1

2

3

0

0

0

Acanthonotozoma serratum (Fabricius, 1780)

1

5

8

31

31

17

53

86

41

20

4

29

 Leucothoidae

Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789) group

6

55

40

22

17

4

31

82

98

7

2

39

 Liljeborgiidae

Liljeborgia fissicornis (Sars, M., 1858)

1

1

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Liljeborgia pallida (Bate, 1857)

6

44

38

310

193

229

7

2

2

3

0

0

 Melitidae

Melita dentata (Krøyer, 1842)

0

0

0

3

9

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

Melita gladiosa Bate, 1862

0

32

6

44

22

12

8

35

40

26

8

28

Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)

0

0

1

0

0

0

51

90

46

1

0

0

Melitidae spp.

0

0

0

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Melphidippidae

Melphidippida goesi Stebbing, 1899

1

14

8

0

0

0

1

2

7

11

5

17

Melphidippidae sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

87

0

0

0

0

0

 Ochlesidae

Odius carinatus (Bate, 1862)

15

34

23

59

44

20

234

215

181

373

61

358

 Oedicerotidae

Bathymedon saussurei Boeck, 1871

0

5

11

12

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Monoculodes borealis Boeck, 1871

0

0

7

8

11

2

5

15

5

3

3

39

Monoculodes cf. latimanus (Goёs, 1866)

0

0

0

12

24

9

3

10

1

444

24

337

Monoculodes cf. norvegicus (Boeck, 1861)

0

25

44

69

51

73

2

3

0

0

0

0

Monoculodes cf. packardi Boeck, 1871

0

9

19

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Monoculodes cf. pallidus Sars, 1892

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Monoculodes cf. subnudus Norman, 1889

0

0

1

0

0

0

3

10

1

81

0

91

Monoculodes cf. tesselatus Schneider, 1883

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

39

5

12

Monoculodes tuberculatus Boeck, 1871

0

2

3

14

10

10

9

8

3

119

35

133

Monoculodes spp.

1

0

0

68

0

25

4

0

6

0

18

0

Oediceros cf. borealis Boeck, 1871

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

13

0

1

Oediceros sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

Oediceros sp. 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

Paroediceros lynceus (Sars, M.,1858)

28

115

62

50

16

9

57

123

90

4

4

8

Paroediceros spp.

7

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pontocrates spp.

0

108

55

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Westwoodilla cf. brevicalcar (Goës, 1866)

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

40

13

10

Westwoodilla cf. caecula (Bate, 1856)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

269

61

28

Westwoodilla cf. megalops (Sars, 1882)

0

0

0

1

0

2

4

9

0

148

18

27

Oedicerotidae juveniles

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

147

Oedicerotidae spp.

9

17

11

50

5

6

20

4

6

25

12

39

 Pardaliscidae

Pardalisca cuspidata Krøyer, 1842

0

1

0

23

5

17

1

1

3

0

0

0

 Pleustidae

Neopleustes boecki (Hansen, 1888)

0

0

0

0

0

0

61

38

27

37

0

0

Parapleustes biscuspis (Krøyer, 1838)

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

5

0

1

0

0

Pleustes tuberculatus Bate, 1858

0

0

4

0

0

0

14

16

7

0

0

1

Stenopleustes cf. nodifer Sars, 1883

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

1

22

6

12

Stenopleustes sp. 1

0

17

48

2

1

2

33

37

11

46

31

58

Pleustidae juveniles

0

23

83

3

0

0

0

0

0

279

81

241

 Stegocephalidae

Andaniopsis pectinata Sars, 1882

0

1

0

80

76

9

23

7

36

16

4

28

Phippsia roemeri Schellenberg, 1925

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

13

7

1

0

0

Stegocephalus inflatus Krøyer, 1842

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

27

8

3

4

2

Stenothoidae

Hardametopa nasuta (Boeck, 1871)

0

0

0

0

0

0

347

742

201

499

303

427

Metopa norvegica (Lilljeborg, 1851)

0

7

0

2

0

4

5

8

0

29

0

9

Metopa cf. propinqua Sars, 1892

10

14

3

25

8

9

1

19

21

140

13

41

Stenothoidae spp.

45

293

285

303

138

94

243

306

210

1,510

316

1,084

 Synopiidae

Bruzelia tuberculata Sars, 1882

2

9

4

87

36

48

22

46

37

0

0

0

Syrrhoe crenulata Goës, 1866

31

105

123

214

134

104

25

20

12

486

192

192

Syrrhoides serrata (Sars, 1879)

0

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Tiron spiniferum (Stimpson, 1853)

64

143

42

125

36

19

27

31

16

89

12

44

Synopiidae spp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

 Urothoidae

Urothoe elegans (Bate, 1856)

32

111

58

30

10

9

45

38

17

19

7

9

 Lysianassidae

Ambasia atlantica (Milne-Edwards, 1830)

0

2

0

3

9

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ambasiellamurmanica (Brüggen, 1905)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

7

Anonyxdebruyni Hoek, 1882

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

0

23

13

11

Anonyx cf. nugax (Phipps, 1774)

2

1

3

2

8

1

0

0

5

0

0

12

Anonyx sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

Anonyx sp. 3

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Anonyx sp. 4

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aristiastopsenti Chevreux, 1900

0

6

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gronellagroenlandica (Hansen, 1887)

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hippomedon denticulatus (Bate, 1857)

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hippomedon gorbunovi Gurjanova, 1930

2

0

4

3

1

3

5

18

5

5

4

9

Hippomedon propinquus cf. sibiricus Gurjanova, 1962

4

28

22

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hippomedon robustus Sars, 1895

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Kerguelenia borealis cf. japonica Gurjanova, 1962

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Lysianella petalocera Sars, 1882

4

17

32

20

24

21

1

6

1

2

2

0

Onisimus plautus (Krøyer, 1845)

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Orchomene cf. lepidula Gurjanova, 1962

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

25

Orchomene macroserrata Shoemaker, 1930

1

2

2

18

5

2

78

84

64

19

4

27

Orchomene pectinata Sars, 1882

1

1

2

2

0

2

4

12

0

1

1

3

Opisa eschrichtii (Krøyer, 1842)

0

1

1

0

1

2

0

0

1

7

3

4

Socarnes bidenticulatus (Bate, 1858)

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

5

Socarnes vahli (Krøyer, 1838)

0

0

0

7

6

2

160

136

121

0

0

1

Tmetonyx cicada (Fabricius, 1780)

5

18

1

327

331

27

6

52

72

64

51

25

Tmetonyx sp. 1

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tmetonyx sp. 2

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tryphosella schneideri (Stephensen, 1925)

1

0

3

2

2

0

43

88

26

3

7

1

Tryphosella sp. 1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lysianassidae sp. 1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lysianassidae sp. 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Lysianassidae sp. 3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lysianassidae sp. 4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Lysianassidae spp.

0

1

0

30

0

0

15

0

0

0

0

0

 Phoxocephalidae

Harpinia crenulata (Boeck, 1871)

0

5

1

44

16

18

29

48

76

0

0

0

Harpinia cf. plumosa (Krøyer, 1842)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

1

Harpinia sp. 1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Harpinia spp. 1

0

0

2

8

1

3

9

6

4

0

0

2

Harpinia spp. 2

0

0

0

6

6

2

9

15

4

0

0

2

Phoxocephalus holboelli (Krøyer, 1842)

0

0

0

0

0

0

39

78

40

155

17

26

Phoxocephalidae spp.

1

0

0

10

7

2

19

26

12

36

3

12

Themisto abyssorum Boeck, 1871

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Themisto gaudichaudi Guérin, 1828

1

0

6

0

0

7

1

7

1

3

0

0

Amphipoda spp.

0

0

3

3

0

1

26

0

0

78

0

1

Amphipoda sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

4

5

17

Isopoda

 Anthuridae

Calathura brachiata Stimpson, 1853

0

1

6

17

12

5

1

9

7

109

11

39

 Desmosomatidae

Eugerda cf. globiceps (Meinert, 1890)

0

52

41

90

91

149

48

2

5

132

24

301

 Nannoniscidae

Nannoniscus oblongus Sars, 1869

27

136

109

134

76

59

1

6

8

0

0

0

Austroniscus cf. norbi Svavarsson, 1982

0

0

37

0

146

280

0

0

0

32

63

0

Austroniscus sp. 1

0

43

0

180

0

0

26

50

47

0

0

47

Austroniscus sp. 3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

 Janiridae

Iolella laciniata (Sars, 1872)

31

64

21

2

0

4

21

18

14

0

0

0

Iolella spinosa (Harger, 1879)

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

10

9

29

Janira maculosa Leach, 1814

245

1,211

521

1,065

703

534

492

989

811

364

104

429

 Katianiridae

Katianira bilobata Gurjanova, 1930

0

0

0

7

1

1

0

2

1

0

0

0

 Munnidae

Munna cf. boecki Krøyer, 1839

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Munna cf. fabricii Krøyer, 1846

0

3

25

27

11

6

216

364

271

367

82

138

Munna cf. groenlandica Hansen, 1916

55

261

98

67

45

10

575

536

316

515

103

312

Munna cf. hanseni Stappers, 1911

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Munna cf. minuta Hansen,1910

0

125

60

57

13

7

67

391

66

1,350

574

1,092

Munna spp.

1

8

9

0

8

0

25

25

18

18

13

37

 Paramunnidae

Pleurogonium inerme Sars, 1883

0

0

0

0

24

4

27

114

41

0

67

178

Pleurogonium intermedium Hansen, 1916

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

206

0

0

Pleurogonium pulchra Hansen, 1916

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Pleurogonium spinosissimum (Sars, 1866)

0

0

0

17

17

22

74

131

151

126

55

313

 Munnopsidae

Baeonectes muticus (Sars, 1864)

0

2

9

2

8

11

1

46

22

60

246

839

Disconectes furcatus (Sars, 1870)

0

6

6

36

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Disconectes latirostris (Sars, 1882)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

Disconectes phallangium (Sars, 1864)

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eurycope producta Sars, 1869

0

289

173

5

6

26

2

33

23

0

3

5

Eurycopinae spp.

0

26

8

0

1

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

Echinozone arctica Hansen, 1916

0

0

2

0

2

7

14

33

16

7

0

9

Echinozone coronata (Sars, 1870)

4

29

26

17

20

28

194

230

255

53

24

107

Echinozone spp.

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

6

0

0

0

0

Ilyarachna hirticeps Sars 1870 group

0

14

10

33

16

29

2

0

6

18

4

109

Asellota spp.

0

0

0

1

0

0

23

64

16

1

0

0

 Gnathiidae

Caecognathia abyssorum Sars, 1872

2

4

2

11

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Caecognathia elongata Krøyer, 1846

0

0

0

8

2

7

0

0

0

22

4

16

Caecognathia females and juveniles

4

9

13

110

41

15

0

2

0

150

27

162

 Aegidae

Aega psora (Linnaeus, 1758)

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

 Cirolanidae

Politolana micropthalma (Hoek, 1882)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 Arcturidae

Astacilla granulata (Sars, 1877)

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

12

18

0

0

0

Astacilla pusilla (Sars, 1873)

1

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Astacilla juveniles

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

2

8

0

0

0

Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981

0

0

0

0

0

0

841

754

355

2

0

12

Arcturidae sp. nov.

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Cumacea

 Diastylidae

Brachydiastylis resima Krøyer, 1846

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

25

3

3

Diastylis cf. edwardsi Krøyer, 1841

0

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

2

26

6

4

Diastylis lucifera (Krøyer, 1841)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

1

0

Diastylis spinulosa Heller, 1875

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

27

6

11

Leptostylis ampullacea (Lilljeborg, 1855)

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

26

Leptostylis macrura Sars, 1870

1

1

0

3

3

3

5

8

3

362

37

142

Leptostylis villosa Sars, 1869

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

25

1

3

Leptostylis spp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

0

0

 Lampropidae

Hemilamprops cf. assimilis Sars, 1883

0

49

65

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hemilamprops cf. uniplicata (Sars, 1872)

4

15

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Platyaspis typica (Sars, 1870)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Lamprobidae spp.

6

14

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Leuconidae

Leucon cf. nasica Krøyer, 1841

0

0

0

4

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

Leucon cf. nasicoides Lilljeborg, 1855

0

0

0

1,233

1,118

1,078

1,260

931

352

166

26

39

Leucon cf. nathorsti Ohlin, 1901

32

97

60

40

33

40

59

25

28

25

6

5

Leucon spp.

0

0

0

17

5

0

47

5

4

7

1

3

Eudorellopsis deformis (Krøyer, 1846)

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

23

5

9

 Nannastacidae

Campylaspis horrida Sars, 1870

62

212

197

88

54

67

52

110

105

3

0

1

Campylaspis rubicunda (Lilljeborg, 1855)

14

46

55

11

1

1

17

9

23

5

5

3

Campylaspis undata Sars, 1865

5

15

13

2

0

2

0

3

5

0

0

0

Campylaspis verrucosa Sars, 1865

0

0

0

10

0

7

15

4

6

0

0

0

Cumella carinata (Hansen, 1887)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

28

3

24

Nannastacidae spp.

0

0

0

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Pseudocumatidae

Petalosarsia declivis (Sars, 1865)

0

0

0

0

10

0

0

0

0

33

0

9

Tanaidacea

 Sphyrapodidae

Ansphyrapus tudes (Norman & Stebbing, 1886)

0

0

1

1

0

0

819

1,303

1,052

0

0

0

Pseudosphyrapus anomalus (Sars, 1869)

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Leptocheliidae

Heterotanais groenlandicus Hansen, 1913; sensu Vanhöffen, 1914

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

75

18

56

Leptognathiidae

Leptognathia breviremis (Lilljeborg, 1864)

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Leptognathia crassa Hansen, 1913

0

4

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Leptognathia subaequalis (Hansen, 1913)

0

0

0

3

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Leptognathia sp. 1

0

4

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Leptognathia sp. 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

17

3

0

0

2

Leptognathia spp.

0

9

2

0

1

1

1

54

50

14

13

6

 Pseudotanaidae

Tanaissus lilljeborgi (Stebbing, 1891)

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

3

9

 

Pseudotanais oculatus Hansen, 1913

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

44

12

9

Pseudotanais sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Pseudotanais spp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

 Typhlotanaidae

Typhlotanais sp. 1

0

0

4

2

8

4

39

229

96

146

19

135

Typhlotanais sp. 2

17

101

32

59

21

22

109

858

197

7

6

12

 Paratanaoidea

Paraleptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842)

0

0

0

4

5

6

4

4

1

9

4

4

Paraleptognathia inermis (Hansen, 1913)

0

0

2

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Paraleptognathia multiserrata (Hansen, 1913)

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

Paraleptognathia sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

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Stransky, B., Svavarsson, J. Diversity and species composition of peracarids (Crustacea: Malacostraca) on the South Greenland shelf: spatial and temporal variation. Polar Biol 33, 125–139 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0691-5

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