Table 1 Taxonomical assemblage detected over 72 days starting on the 14th June 2012 are hierarchically listed by phylogeny and grouped according to behavioral traits (type of movement and life habit as relationship with the seabed), along with bibliographic sources used to derive such an information.
Taxonomical Unit | Movement | Life Habit | Trophic Habit | References | N | % | P | Var. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Echinodermata | |||||||||
Pannychia moseleyi | Walker | Epibenthic | Detritivore | 62 | 0.86 | — | — | — | |
Echinothurioida | Walker | Epibenthic | Detritivore | 21 | 0.29 | — | — | — | |
Solaster paxillatus | Walker | Epibenthic | Scavenger (and predator) | 73 | 1.02 | — | — | — | |
Ophiurida | Walker | Endobenthic | Detritivore | 755 | 10.52 | — | — | — | |
Mollusca | |||||||||
Buccinum yoroianum | Walker | Epibenthic | Scavenger (and predator) | 9 | 0.13 | — | — | — | |
Arthropoda | |||||||||
Bathynomus doederleinii | Swimmer | Endobenthic | Scavenger | 349 | 4.86 | — | — | — | |
Macrocheira kaempferi | Walker | Epibenthic | Scavenger (and predator) | 1002 | 13.96 | 1430 | 23.8 | 7.76 | |
Chordata | |||||||||
Hexanchus griseus | Swimmer | Nektobenthic | Scavenger (and predator) | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | |
Cephaloscyllium umbratile | Swimmer | Epibenthic | Predator | 4 | 0.06 | — | — | — | |
Caelorinchus sp. | Swimmer | Epibenthic | Predator | 16 | 0.22 | 1170 | 19.5 | 8.56 | |
Pterothrissus gissu | Swimmer | Benthopelagic | Predator | 390 | 5.43 | 1440 | 24.0 | 22.64 | |
Zoarcidae | Swimmer | Epibenthic | Predator | 189 | 2.63 | — | — | — | |
Physiculus japonicus | Swimmer | Benthopelagic | Predator | 220 | 3.07 | 740 | 12.3 | 7.78 | |
Simenchelys parasitica | Swimmer | Nektobenthic | Scavenger | 4052 | 56.46 | 1440 (1410) | 24.0 | 15.79 | |
Helicolenus hilgendorfi | Swimmer | Epibenthic | Predator | 9 | 0.13 | — | — | — | |
Eptatretus deani | Swimmer | Epibenthic | Scavenger (and predator) | 24 | 0.33 | — | — | — | |
Assemblage (Total) | 7177 | 100 | 1410 (1440) | 23.5 | 11.06 | ||||
Scavengers (and predators) | 5511 | 76.80 | 1440 (1410) | 24.0 | 12.92 | ||||
Detritivores | 838 | 11.70 | — | — | — | ||||
Predators | 828 | 11.50 | 1440 | 24.0 | 22.07 | ||||