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Chapter 3 - Benthic HabitatsMollusksAlvania (Alvania carinata)Nutclam (Nucula delphinodonta)Short yoldia (Yoldia sapotilla)EchinodermsBurrowing anemone (Edwardsia elegans)Twelve-tentacle burrowing anemone (Halcampaduodecimcirrata)PhoronidsHorseshoe worm (Phoronis architecta)Habitat 317 (190 Samples):Mid-position flats at moderate depths (31 - 75 m) on fineto medium sand.AnnelidsBamboo worm (Clymenura dispar, Euclymene zonalis)Burrowing scale worm (Sigalion areicola)Chevron worm (Goniadella gracilis)Feather duster worm (Euchone elegans)Fringe worm (Caulleriella killariensis, Chaetozone setosa)Thread worm (Lumbrinerides acuta, Lumbrineris acicularum)Orbiniid worm (Orbinia swani, Scoloplos acmeceps)Paraonid worm (Aricidea wassi, Cirrophoris brevicirratus,C. furcatus, Paraonis pygoenigmatica)Sandbar worm (Ophelia denticulata)Scale worm (Harmothoe extenuata)Shimmy worm (Aglaophamus circinata)Spionid mud worm (Polydora caulleryi)Syllid worm (Exogone hebes, Sphaeroyllis erinaceus, Streptosyllisarenae, Syllides sp.)Other polychaetes (Drilonereis magna)ArthropodsAcadian hermit crab (Pagurus acadianus)Lysianisid shrimp (Hippomedon serratus)Sand shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa)Cumacea (Petalosarsia declivis)Tanaidacea (Tanaissus lilljeborgi)Other amphipods (Acanthohaustorius spinosus , Byblis serrata,Corophium crassicorne, Pseudunciola obliquua, Phoxocephalusholbolli, Protomedeia fasciata, Monoculodes sp., Rhepoxyniushudsoni, Siphonoecetes sp., Unciola inermis)Other isopods (Cirolana polita)MollusksChestnut astarte (Astarte castanea)Northern moon shell (Lunatia triseriata)Northern moonsnail (Euspira immaculata)Paper clam (Lyonsia arenos)Pearly top snail (Margarites groenlandicus)Stimpson’s whelk (Colus pygmaeus)Top snail (Solariella obscura)EchinodermsCommon sand dollar (Echinarachnius parma)Habitat 223 (98 Samples):Mid-position flats and depressions at moderate depths(44 - 75 m) on fine to medium sand.AnnelidsBristle worm (Spiophanes kroeyeri)Terebellid worm (Polycirrus eximius)ArthropodsCumacea (Eudorella emarginata, E. truncatula, Eudorellopsisdeformis)Other amphipods (Ampelisca macrocephala, A. vadorum,Dyopedos porrectus, Ericthonius rubricornis, Leptocheirus pinguis,Orchomella pinguis, Rhepoxynius epistomus, Unciola irrorata)Other decapods (Stereomastis sculpta)Other isopods (Idotea balthica)MollusksBean mussel (Crenella pectinula)Hatchet shell (Thyasira gouldii)Mussel (Musculus niger)Pyramid snail (Turbonilla interrupta)Other gastropods (Cylichma gouldi, C. alba)Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment • Phase 1 Report 3-39