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International Journal of Marine Science 2014, Vol.4, No.14: 134-142
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Table 1 List per sites of epifauna species (or groups) associated
to the Asian green mussel
P. viridis
in Cienfuegos Bay.
Sites
Grupo/Especie
PG M7 PC BH
Crustaceans
(Arthropoda)
Barnacles (Cirripedia)
Balanus improvisus
(Darwin,
1854)
X
X
X
Balanus eburneus
(Gould, 1841)
X
X
X
Balanus reticulatus
(Utinomi,
1967)
X
X
X
Lobsters (Decapoda)
Panulirus argus
(Latreille, 1804)
X
Crabs (Decapoda)
Menippe mercenaria
(Say, 1818)
X
X
X
Panopeus
sp.
X
X
Anomurans (hermit
crabs-Decapoda)
Paguristes
sp.
X
X
X
Ascidians
(Tunicates-Urochordata)
Phallusia nigra
(Savigny, 1816)
X
X
X
Symplegma viride
(Herdman,
1886)
X
X
Botrylloides nigrum
(Herdman,
1886)
X
X
X
Bryozoans
(Bryozoa)
Bugula neritina
(Linnaeus, 1758) X
X
X
Smittina reticulata
(Macgillivray,
1842)
X
X
Membranipora
sp.
X
X
Mollusks
(Mollusca)
Brachidontes domingensis
(Lamarck, 1819)*
X
X
X
Ischadium recurvus
(Rafinesque,
1820)
X
X
Cerithium atratum
(Born, 1778)*
X
Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus,
1767)*
X
Crassostraea virginica
(Gmelin,
1791)*
X
X
Crepidula plana
(Say, 1822)
X
Crepidula aculeata
(Gmelin,
1791)
X
X
Isognomon alatus
(Gmelin,
1791)*
X
X
Lithophaga bisulcata
(D’Orbigny,
1853)
X
Melongena melongena
(Linnaeus,
1758)*
X
Thais haemastoma
(Linnaeus,
1758)
X
Annelida
(segmented
worms-Polychaeta)
Neanthes succinea
(Frey y
Leuckart, 1847)
X
X
Dendronereides sp.
X
X
Syllis cornuta
(Rathke, 1843)
X
X
Demonax microphthalmus
(Verrill, 1873)
X
X
Streblosoma sp.
X
X
Timarete punctata
(Grube, 1859)
X
X
Anemones
(Cnidaria)
Acontiaria
sp.
X
Flatworms
(Turbellaria)
1 organism-NI
X
Sponges
(Porifera)
Tedania ignis
(Duchassaing and
Michelotti, 1864)
X
X
X
Desmagsamma anchorata
(Carter, 1882)
X
X
Mycale angulosa
(Duchassaing
and Michelotti, 1864)
X
X
X
Clathria
sp.
X
X
Brittle Stars
(Ophiuroidea)
Ophiocoma
sp.
X
Fishes (Syngnathiformes)
Hippocampus reidi
(Ginsburg,
1933)
X
X
X
Note: Mussels were the cleanest (with no epifauna associated) at
BH site. Only vegetal elements were registered as components
of associated community. NI: not identified. *: mollusk species
reported by Diaz-Asencio et al. (2005) in similar sites of this bay.