Diversity and dynamics of an interstitial Tardigrada population in the Meloria Shoals, Ligurian Sea, with a redescription ofBatillipes similis(Heterotardigrada, Batillipedidae)
作者:
MariaGallo D'Addabbo,
Susannade Zio Grimaldi,
Maria Rosariade Lucia Morone,
Romana Pietanza,
Rossana D'Addabbo,
M. Antonio Todaro,
期刊:
Italian Journal of Zoology
(Taylor Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 66,
issue 1
页码: 51-61
ISSN:1125-0003
年代: 1999
DOI:10.1080/11250009909356237
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Tardigrada;Mediterranean Meiofauna;Benthos;Biodiversity;Population dynamics
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Quantitative samples of sediment for the study of the meiofau‐na were collected monthly beweenMar1996 andFeb1997 from a 7‐m‐deep site in the Meloria Shoals, Livorno Italy. In the Tuscan Shoals, 16 species of tardigrades were found belonging to the families Stygarctidae, Halechiniscidae, and Batillipedidae.Megastygarctides orbiculatusandActinarctus doryphorusare reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, and a re‐description ofBatillipes similisis proposed. Global density of the Tardigrada population fluctuated between 8 ind./10 cm2in May 1996 and 285 ind./10 cm2in January 1997. The lowest value of the Shannon‐Wiener biodiversity index (H’ = 1.09) was found in September 1996, whereas the highest score (H’ = 2.46) was obtained inMar1996. Pielou's evenness index (J) fluctuated between 0.40 and 0.88, values attained in January 1997 andMar1996, respectively. The study confirms the notion that the organogenic detritus of the Shoals represents a very favourable environment for meiofaunal organisms in general, and Tardigrada in particular.
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