List of Species
Using the species list of "Flora and Fauna of the Northern Wadden Sea"
The "Flora and Fauna of the Northern Wadden Sea" is organized in 9 tables including subtables with main taxanomic groups. At the end of each table a list of cited references is available.
Each table contains three columns containing following abbreviations:
Location (area where the species was found)
N: recorded in the open North Sea
W: recorded in the Wadden Sea area
K: recorded also in Königshafen
Habitat (habitat where the species was found)
sm: salt marsh
b: sandy beach
it: intertidal zone
st: subtidal zone
sb: seagrass bed
mb: mussel bed
hs: hard substrate
dl: drift line only
Remarks (information on abundance, way of life etc.)
i: introduced species
d: no recent record; presumably demise
r: rare species (when 1 to 5 records only)
a: abundant species (when more than 5 records)Each table may contain special remarks which are explained on the table cover !
Table 1: Phytoplankton
1.1 Diatoms
1.2 Dinoflagellates
References Phytoplankton
Table 2: Zooplankton
2.1 Cnidaria
2.2 Ctenophora
2.3 Gastropoda
2.4 Bivalvia
2.5 Polychaeta
2.6 Chaetognatha
2.7 Crustacea
2.8 Echinodermata
2.9 Tunicata
2.10 Turbellaria
References Zooplankton
Table 3: Nekton
3.1 Crustacea
3.2 Pisces
References Nekton
Table4: Benthic microflora
4.1 Diatoms
4.2 Dinoflagellates
4.3 Euglenophyceae
References Benthic microflora
Table 5: Benthic macroflora
5.1 Chlorophyceae
5.2 Fucophyceae
5.3 Rhodophyceae
5.4 Cormophyta
References Benthic macroflora
Table 6: Benthic micro- and meiofauna
6.1 Turbellaria
6.2 Gnathostomulida
6.3 Rotatoria
6.4 Gastrotrichia
6.5 Nematoda
6.6 Tardigrada
6.7 Ostracoda
6.8 Copepoda
References Benthic micro- and meiofauna
Table 7: Benthic macrofauna
7.1 Porifera
7.2 Cnidaria
7.3 Ctenophora
7.4 Bryozoa
7.5 Nemertini
7.6 Kamptozoa
7.7 Mollusca
7.8 Polychaeta
7.9 Oligochaeta
7.10 Crustacea
7.11 Echinodermata
7.12 Tunicata
7.13 Insecta
References Benthic macrofauna