(s) Denotes subtidal species found intertidally. Table derived from references in text
| Infauna |
Intertidal Sandflats: Exposed |
Intertidal Sandflats: Moderately Exposed |
Intertidal Sandflats: Sheltered |
Intertidal Mudflats |
Subtidal Mobile Sandbanks |
| Amphipoda |
Haustorius arenarius Bathyporeia spp.
Urothoe spp. |
Perioculodes longimanus (s) Bathyporeia pelagica
- elegans
B. pilosa
Eurydice pulchra
Pontocrates novegicus
P. arenarius |
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Corophium volutator |
Bathyporeia spp. (e.g. elegans) Pontocrates spp. |
| Isopoda |
Eurydice pulchra |
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| Tanaidacea |
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Tanaissus lilljeborgi |
| Polychaetes |
Nerine cirratulus Ophelia rathkei
Scolelepis squamata
Nephtys cirrosa |
Chaetozone setosa (s) Owenia fusiformis (s)
Exogone hebes (s)
Arenicola marina
Nephtys caeca
- cirrosa
N. hombergi
Scoloplos armiger
Lanice conchilega
Nerine cirratulus
Ophelia rathkei
Paraonis fulgens
Spio filicornis |
Arenicola marina Lanice conchilega
Nerine foliosa
Notomastus latericeus
Scolelepis fuliginosa
Nephtys spp. |
Nereis diversicolor Nephtys hombergii
Arenicola marina
Pygospio elegans
Manayunkia aesturina |
Magelona spp. (e.g. mirabilis ) Nephtys spp.
(e.g. cirrosa)
Phyllodocidae (e.g. Hesionura )
Hesionidae (e.g. Microphthalmus)
Sthenelais limicolor |
| Molluscs |
Donax vittatus Fabulina fabula
Ensis siliqua |
Fabulina fabula (s) Angulus tenuis
Donax vittatus |
Ensis ensis Macoma balthica
Mya arenaria
Cerasto-derma edule
Venus spp.
Abra alba (s)
Nucula turgida (s) |
Macoma balthica Cersato-derma edule
Retusa obtusa
Hydrobia ulvae
Scrobicu-laria plana |
Venus spp. (e.g. striatula) Fabulina fabula
Dosinia lupinus
Gari fervensis
Abra prismatica
Ensis ensis
Spisula spp. |
| Epifauna |
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Liocarcinus sp Cancer pagarus
Paguridae (e.g. Pagurus bernhardus)
Pennatulacea |
| Megafauna |
Echinocardium cordatum Ammodytes spp. |
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Echino-cardium cordatum |
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Echinocardium cordatum Ammodytes spp. |
| Meiofauna |
Nematodes Harpacticoid copepods |
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Nematoda (e.g. Epsilonematidae) Copepoda
Archiannelida (e.g. Protodrilus) |
