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Infaunal Organisms Collected at Great Sippewissett Marsh

Annelida — Oligochaeta	Arthropoda — Insecta	Mollusca — Bivalva
Annelida — Polychaeta	Cnidaria — Anthozoa	Mollusca — Gastropoda
Arthropoda — Crustacea	Gnathostomulida	Nematoda

Taxon back to top	Image	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy non-organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Muddy organic sediment	Microhabitat Isolated Pools / Muddy organic sediment	Internet Resources
Annelida — Oligochaeta
Lumbricillus (Fabricius 1870)	NONE	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [BI547 2008]	NONE
Monopylephorus evertus (???)	NONE	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [BI547 2008]	NONE
Nais elinguis (Müller, 1774)	Source—Tim Worsfold	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [BI547 2008]	(1) ITIS (2) MarBEF
Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1780)	Source—Alexandra E. Bely	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) MarBEF (2) species diagnosis (3) Bely lab at University of Maryland

Taxon back to top	Image	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy non-organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Muddy organic sediment	Microhabitat Isolated Pools / Muddy organic sediment	Internet Resources
Annelida — Polychaeta
Aricidea jefreyssi	NONE	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not recorded [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	NONE
Capitella capitata (Fabricius 1870)	Source—Wikipedia	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) JGI (2) MarLIN (3) ITIS
Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)	Source—Polish Academy of Sciences	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) Annelid.net (2) Fact Sheet (2) MarBEF (4) ITIS
Leitoscoloplos fragilis (Verrill 1873)	NONE	"constant" [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) ITIS
Magelona rosea (Moore 1907)	NONE	"constant" [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) ITIS (2) MarBEF
Marenzelleria viridis (Verill 1873)	Source—Marine Benthic Ecology Group, Stockholm	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) JNCC (2) MarBEF (3) ITIS
Neanthes arenaceodonta	NONE	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	NONE
Neanthes succinea (Frey & Leuckart 1847) "pile worms"	Source—Animal Diversity Web	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) CalAcademy (2) WoRMS (3) MarBEF (4) ITIS
Polydora ligni (Webster 1879)	Source—US Geological Survey	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) WoRMS (2) GBIF
Streptosyllis verrilli (Moore 1907)	NONE	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	NONE

Taxon back to top	Image	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy non-organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Muddy organic sediment	Microhabitat Isolated Pools / Muddy organic sediment	Internet Resources
Arthropoda — Crustacea
Acanthohaustorius millsi (Bousfield 1965)	NONE	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) GBIF (2) NBI
Edotea triloba (Say 1818) "mound back isopod"		rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	"constant" [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) GBIF (2) ITIS

Taxon back to top	Image	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy non-organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Muddy organic sediment	Microhabitat Isolated Pools / Muddy organic sediment	Internet Resources
Arthropoda — Insecta
Chironomid larvae (-------) "mound back isopod"	Larva & adult male—Dale Parker, Aquatax Consulting	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	"constant" [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) Wikipedia (2) U. Minnesota
Culicoides larvae (Latreille 1809) "biting midges" aka "no-see-ums"	Photo of 2 adults (Source: published under a CC Attribution license inWilson, Darpel & Mellor (2008) PLoS Biology 6(8): e210	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	"constant" [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) Wikipedia (2) ITIS
Dolichopodid larvae (---) "long legged flies"	Dorsal view of larva (Source—Flickr)	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) Wikipedia

Taxon back to top	Image	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy non-organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Muddy organic sediment	Microhabitat Isolated Pools / Muddy organic sediment	Internet Resources
Mollusca — Bivalva
Gemma gemma (Totten 1834) "amethyst gem clam"	[Source]	not reported [Sarda et al., 1995]	abundant [Sarda et al., 1995]	rare [Sarda et al., 1995]	not collected [BI547 2008]	(1) GBIF (2) ITIS (3) NOAA

Taxon back to top	Image	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy non-organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Sandy organic sediment	Microhabitat Creek / Muddy organic sediment	Microhabitat Isolated Pools / Muddy organic sediment	Internet Resources
Mollusca — Gastropoda

Sarda, R., and G. Sanmartin. 1992. Streptosyllis-Verrilli (Moore, 1907), New Combination, Life-Cycle, Population-Dynamics and Production from a Salt-Marsh in Southern New-England. B Mar Sci 51:407-419.
Sarda, R., K. Foreman, C. E. Werme, and I. Valiela. 1998. The impact of epifaunal predation on the structure of macroinfaunal invertebrate communities of tidal saltmarsh creeks. Estuar Coast Shelf S 46:657-669.