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Chapter 3 - Benthic HabitatsSpoon shell (Periploma fragile, P. Papyratium)Mussel (Dacrydium vitreum)Pyramid snail (Odistomia sulcosa)Risso (Boreocingula castanea)Other bivalves (Lucina filosa, Mysella planulata)EchinodermsSea star (Asterias rathbuni)Dwarf brittlestar (Amphipholis squamata)Margined sea star (Astropecten irregularis)BryozoansA bryozoan (Hippodiplosia propinqua)SipunculidsPeanut worm (Themiste alutacea)Habitat 84 (104 Samples):All types of flats at moderate depth (22 - 82 m) on fine tomedium sand.AnnelidsBeardworm (Siboglinum bayer, Diplobrachia ii,Oligobrachia floridana)Marphysa worm (Marphysa belli)Paddle worm (Anaitides arenae)Sandbar worm (Ophelina aulogaster)ArthropodsCumacea (Eudorella truncatula, Pseudoleptocuma minor)Other decapods (Calocaris macandreae)Other amphipods (Ampelisca verrilli, Byblis serrata,Lembos Webster,Rhepoxynius epistomus)EchinodermsHeart sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum)Sea urchin (Brisaster fragilis)Burrowing brittle star (Amphioplus macilentus)MollusksCross-hatched lucine (Divaricella quadrisulcata)Bean mussel (Crenella pectinula)Astarte (Astarte elliptica)Gould’s pandora (Pandora gouldiana)Hard-shelled clam (Chione latilirata)Hatchet shell (Thyasira trisinuata)Lucine clam (Lucinoma blakeanum)Nutclam (Nuculana acuta)Dove shell (Mitrella dissimilis)Margin shells (Marginella roscida)Pyramid snail (Turbonilla areolata)Pyramid snail (Turbonilla rathbuni)Ribbed moelleria (Moelleria costulata)Wentletraps (Epitonium dallianum)Other bivalves (Cyclopecten nanus)Other gastropods (Granulina ovuformis)Deep (82 - 592 m)Habitat 1223 (35 Samples):High flats in moderately deep water (82 - 95 m) onmedium sand.AnnelidsBamboo worm (Clymenura borealis, Euclymene zonalis)Blood worm (Glycera robusta)Eunice worm (Eunice norvegica)Fan worm (Manayunkia aestuarina)Feather duster worm (Chone infundibuliformis,Fabricia sabella)Thread worm (Lumbrineris magalhaensis)Spionid mud worm (Malacoceros indicus, Polydora barbilla,P. concharum)Opal worm (Arabella iricolor, Arabella mutans)Orbiniid worm (Scoloplos acmeceps)Paraonid worm (Acmira lopezi, Aricidea wassi,Paraonis pygoenigmatica)Plumed worm (Onuphis opalina, O. pallidula)Sandbar worm (Travisia parva)Shimmy worm (Aglaophamus igalis, Nephtys squamosa)Syllid worm (Exogone dispar, E.hebes, E.naidina)Tube worm (Hydroides dianthus)Other polychaetes (Drilonereis caulleryi, Protodorvilleagaspiensis)Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment • Phase 1 Report 3-49