Table 6 Species composition classified by order and family and the biomass B (unit: g) and abundance N (unit: ind.) of each species in the oyster reefs in May 2017.

From: Seasonal variations in the diversity and benthic community structure of subtidal artificial oyster reefs adjacent to the Luanhe River Estuary, Bohai Sea

Species

St.1

St.2

Latin name

Common name

B

N

B

N

Decapoda

     

 Lysmatidae

     

  Lysmata vittata

Indian lined shrimp

–

–

1.20

2

 Portunidae

     

  Charybdis japonica

Japanese swimming crab

–

–

3.80

4

 Xanthidae

     

  Actaea savignii

–

16.00

6

17.60

4

Gobiiformes

     

 Gobiidae

     

Tridentiger trigonocephalus

Chameleon goby

4.20

4

8.00

4

Haplosclerida

     

 Chalinidae

     

  Haliclona similis

–

180.10

46

339.00

66

Mytilida

     

 Mytilidae

     

  Musculus senhousei

–

1.80

10

0.72

4

  Mytilus edulis

Blue mussel

13.60

8

13.00

8

Neogastropoda

     

 Muricidae

     

  Rapana venosa

Purple whelk

2.40

2

33.40

6

 Nassariidae

     

  Nassarius succinctus

–

–

–

0.32

4

Ophiurida

     

 Ophiotrichidae

     

  Ophiothrix marenzelleri

–

5.67

6

–

–

Ostreida

     

 Ostreidae

     

  Crassostrea gigas

Giant cupped oyster

–

11,933

–

11,173

Pectinida

     

 Pectinidae

     

  Azumapecten farreri

Farrer’s scallop

51.40

16

113.40

20

Phyllodocida

     

 Nereididae

     

  Nereididae spp.

–

0.50

2

4.00

12

Sessilia

     

 Balanidae

     

  Balanus spp.

–

–

–

7.60

4

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