Les amphipodes tubicoles des épaves du plateau continental belge

Shipwrecks of the Belgian Continental Shelf harbors rich and diversified epibenthic communities. In terms of density, tube builder and dweller amphipods are important component of the communities of these hard structures lying in a sea of soft sediments. Four sites at varying distance from the coast were investigated through SCUBA techniques. Three species, Jassa herdmani (Walker, 1893), Monocorophium sextonae Crawford, 1937 and Monocorophium acherusicum Costa, 1851, were identified with contrasting occurrence and densities on the different sites. J. herdmani is present on all the investigated... Mehr ...