Table 1 Crustacean and fish species selected for statistical analysis. Commercial importance (in bold), fishery typologies and conservation status (DD: Data Deficient, LC; Least Concern, NT; Near Threatened, VU; Vulnerable) according to the IUCN red list of threatened species are reported.
From: Ecological role of benthic Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) indicator taxa on soft bottoms
| Â | Fishing typology | Conservation status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-scale | Bottom | Bottom | IUCN | IUCN | IUCN Italy | |
Fisheries | Trawling | Longline | Global | Med | 2017 | |
Crustacea decapoda | ||||||
Anamathia rissoana (Roux, 1828) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1827) | Â | X | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816) | Â | X | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Bathynectes maravigna (Prestandrea, 1839) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Geryon longipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1882 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Munida sp. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Â | X | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) | Â | X | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Plesionika spp. | X | X | Â | Â | Â | Â |
FISH | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Benthocometes robustus (Goode & Bean, 1886) | Â | Â | Â | LC | DD | LC |
Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758) | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 | Â | X | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810) | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà , 1887) |  |  |  | LC | LC | LC |
Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) | Â | Â | Â | VU | LC | LC |
Facciolella oxyrhynchus (Bellotti, 1883) | Â | Â | Â | Â | DD | LC |
Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810) | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850 | Â | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC |
Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) | X | X | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) | Â | X | X | DD | LC | LC |
Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810) | Â | X | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) | X | X | X | LC | VU | NT |
Nettastoma melanura Rafinesque, 1810 | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Nezumia spp. | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840 | Â | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC |
Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768) |  | X | X |  | LC | LC |
Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | X | Â | X | DD | DD | VU |
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) | Â | X | X | LC | LC | LC |
Stomias boa (Risso, 1810) | Â | Â | Â | LC | LC | LC |
Synchiropus phaeton (Günther, 1861) |  |  |  | LC | LC | LC |
Trachurus sp. | X | Â X | Â | LC | LC | LC |
