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Chapter 3 - Benthic HabitatsShallow to moderate (0 - 70 m)Habitat 557 (125 Samples):Mid position flats at shallow to moderate depth (42 -79 m) on fine to medium sand.AnnelidsBamboo worm (Clymenella torquata)Bristle worm (Spiophanes bombyx)Burrowing scale worm (Sthenelais limicola)Paddle worm (Anaitides mucosa)Paraonid worm (Acmira catherinae)Scale worm (Harmothoe extenuata)Shimmy worm (Aglaophamus circinata)Spaghetti-mouth worm (Ampharete arctica)Syllid worm (Exogone hebes)Thread worm (Lumbrineris acicularum)ArthropodsCumacea (Eudorellopsis deformis)Tanaidacea (Tanaissus lilljeborgi)Other amphipods (Byblis serrata, Corophium crassicorne,Ericthonius fasciatus, Orchomene minut, Leptocheirus pinguis,Monoculodes sp., Phoxocephalus holbolli, Pseudunciola obliquua,Parahaustorius longimerus , Protohaustorius sp., Rhepoxyniushudsoni, Unciola inermis, U. irrorata)Other isopods (Chiridotea arenicola, Cirolana polita)MollusksFalse quahog (Pitar morrhuana)Lea’s spoon shell (Periploma fragile)Paper clam (Lyonsia arenos)Surf clam (Spisula solidissima)Northern dwarf tellin (Tellina agilis)Habitat 2367 (40 Samples):Depressions at moderate depths (61 - 70 m) on very finesand.AnnelidsBamboo worm (Maldane sarsi, Myriochelle oculata,Praxillella gracilis)Bristle worm (Sternaspis fossor, Terebellides atlantis,Trochochaeta multisetosa)Chevron worm (Goniada maculata)Clam worm (Nereis grayi)Feather duster worm (Euchone elegans, E. incolor)Fringe worm (Chaetozone setosa, Tharyx acutus, Tharyx sp.)Spionid mud worm (Laonice cirrata, Polydora socialis,Prionospio steenstrupi, Spio armata, S. filicornis)Sandbar worm (Gattyana amondseni)Scale worm (Antinoella sarsi, Hartmania moorei, Ophelinaacuminate, Pholoe minuta)Shimmy worm (Nephtys incisa)Spaghetti-mouth worm (Asabellides oculata, Melinna cristata)Syllid worm (Exogone verugera)Threadworm (Cossura longocirrata, Heteromastus filiformis,Lumbrineris fragilis, Lumbrineris hebes, Ninoe nigripes)Other polychaetes (Ancistrosyllis groenlandica, Anobothrusgracilis , Aricidea quadrilobata, Brada villosa, Diplocirrus hirsutus,Drilonereis longa, Haploscoloplos robustus, Leitoscoloplos mamosus,Mediomastus ambisetae, Paramphinome jeffreysii, Polycirrus sp.,Tauberia gracilis)ArthropodsSkeleton shrimp (Mayerella limicola)Cumacea (Campylaspis rubicund, Diastylis cornuifer, Eudorellahispida, Eudorella pusilla, Leptostylis longimana, Leuconamericanus)Other Amphipods (Anonyx liljeborgi, Bathymedon obtusifrons,Byblis gaimardi, Haploops fundiensis, Harpinia propinqua, Metopaangustimana, Monoculodes sp., Stenopleustes sp.)Other isopods (Edotea acuta, Pleurogonium rubicundum)MollusksAlvania (Alvania carinata)Bean mussel (Crenella decussata)Cone snail (Oenopota concinnulus)Hatchet shell (Thyasira flexuosa)Nutclam (Nucula delphinodonta, N. tenuis)Short yoldia (Yoldia sapotilla)Spoon shell (Periploma papyratium)Stimpson’s whelk (Colus pubescens)Tusk shell (Siphonodentalium occidentale)Yoldia (Yoldiella iris, Y. sanesia)Other gastropods (Cylichna alba, C. gouldi, C. occulta)Scaphander punctostriatus)Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment • Phase 1 Report 3-29