Ecological Function As Rockfish Nursery Habitat of Cloud Sponges in Howe Sound and Strait
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S2. Species present at Texada Island sponge garden at 21-27 m depth. Taxon names from Lamb and Hanby 2005 and authorships from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) on-line database (http://www.itis.gov). Superscripts indicate: 1 – anemone; 2 – coral; 3 – hydroid; 4 – chiton; 5 – bivalve; 6 – snail; 7 – nudibranch; 8 – shrimp; 9 – crab; 10 – barnacle; 11 – sea star; 12 – brittle star; 13 – urchin; 14 – cucumber.
Plantae (seaweeds)
Agarum fimbriatum Harv.
Hildenbrandia spp. Nardo, 1834
Botryocladia pseudodichotoma (Farlow, Kylin)
Porifera
Sycon spp. Risso, 1826
Leucilla nuttingi (Urban, 1902)
Rhabdocalyptus dawsoni (Lambe, 1892)
Staurocalyptus dowlingi (Lambe, 1894)
Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1887
Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
Hamigera sp. Gray, 1867
Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe,1895)
Asbestopluma occidentalis (Lambe, 1893)
Penares cortius de Laubenfels, 1930
Cnidaria
Metridium farcimen1 (Tilesius, 1809)
Urticina crassicornis1 (Müller, 1776)
Stomphia didemon1 Siebert, 1973
Balanophyllia elegans2 Verrill, 1864
Abietinaria spp.3 Kirchenpauer, 1884
Plumularia sp.3 Lamarck, 1816
Obelia spp.3 Péron and Lesueur, 1810
Garveia annulata3 Nutting, 1901
Clava sp.3 Gmelin, 1791
Lafoea dumosa3 (Fleming, 1820)
Polychaeta
Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912
Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901
Crucigera spp. Benedict, 1887
Thelepus crispus Johnson, 1901
Bryozoa
Membranipora sp. de Blainville, 1830
Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston, 1874)
Heteropora pacifica (Cycl.)
Mollusca
Tonicella lineata4 (Wood, 1815)
Tonicella insignis4 (Reeve, 1847)
Mopalia spectabilis4 Cowan and Cowan, 1977
Lepidozona mertensii4 (Middendorff, 1847)
Chlamys sp.5 Röding, 1798
Crassadoma gigantea5 (Gray, 1825)
Entodesma navicula5 (Adams and Reeve, 1850)
Niveotectura funiculata6 (Carpenter, 1864)
Diodora aspera6 (Rathke, 1833)
Cranopsis cucullata6 (Gould, 1846)
Ceratostoma foliatum6 (Gmelin, 1791)
Amphissa columbiana6 Dall, 1916
Calliostoma ligatum6 (Gould, 1849)
Fusitriton oregonensis6 (Redfield, 1848)
Berthella californica7 (Dall, 1900)
Peltodoris nobilis7 (MacFarland, 1905)
Anisodoris lentiginosa7 Millen, 1982
Doris montereyensis7 (Cooper, 1863)
Doris odhneri7 (MacFarland, 1966)
Aldisa tara7 Millen, 1984
Geitodoris heathi7 (MacFarland, 1905)
Cadlina luteomarginata7 MacFarland, 1966
Acanthodoris hudsoni7 MacFarland, 1905
Aldisa cooperi7 Robilliard and Baba, 1972
Dirona albolineata7 MacFarland, 1905
Janolus fuscus7 O’Donohue, 1924
Janolus sp. nov.7
Hermissenda crassicornis7 (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Flabellina verrucosa7 (Sars, 1829)
Flabellina trilineata7 (O’Donoghue, 1921)
Arthropoda
Eualus subtilis8 Carvacho and Olsen, 1984
Lebbeus mundus8 Jensen, 2006
Pandalus danae8 Stimpson, 1857
Chorilia longipes9 Dana, 1851
Munida quadrispina9 Benedict, 1902
Hapalogaster mertensii9 Brandt, 1850
Acantholithodes hispidus9 (Stimpson, 1860)
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii9 Brandt, 1848
Phyllolithodes papillosus9Brandt, 1848
Lopholithodes mandtii9 Brandt, 1848
Placetron wosnessenskii9 Schalfeew, 1892
Cryptolithodes typicus9 Brandt, 1848
Elassochirus gilli9 (Benedict, 1892)
Balanus nubilus10 Darwin, 1854
Echinodermata
Pisaster brevispinus11 (Stimpson, 1857)
Evasterias troschelii11 (Stimpson, 1862)
Orthasterias koehleri11 (de Loriol, 1897)
Stylasterias forreri11 (de Loriol, 1887)
Dermasterias imbricata11 (Grube, 1857)
Mediaster aequalis11 Stimpson, 1857
Ceramaster patagonicus11 (Sladen, 1889)
Pteraster tesselatus11 Ives, 1888
Henricia leviuscula leviuscula11 (Stimpson, 1857)
Henricia sanguinolenta11 (Müller, 1776)
Pycnopodia helianthoides11 (Brandt, 1835)
Crossaster papposus11 (Linnaeus, 1767)
Solaster dawsoni11 Verrill, 1880
Solaster stimpsoni11 Verrill, 1880
Ophiopholis aculeata12 (Linnaeus, 1767)
Ophiura lütkeni12 (Lyman, 1860)
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus13 (Agassiz, 1863)
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis13 (Müller, 1776)
Parastichopus californicus 14(Stimpson, 1857)
Cucumaria miniata 14(Brandt, 1835)
Cucumaria pallida 14Kirkendale and Lambert, 1995
Cucumaria piperata 14(Stimpson, 1864)
Psolus chitonoides 14Clark, 1901
Tunicata
Corella willmeriana Herdman, 1898
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
Chelyosoma columbianum Huntsman, 1912
Didemnum sp. Savigny 1816
Vertebrata (fishes)
Rhinogobiops nicholsii (Bean, 1881)
Ronquilus jordani (Gilbert, 1888)
Chirolophis decoratus (Jordan and Snyder, 1903)
Sebastes caurinus Richardson, 1845
Sebastes maliger(Jordan and Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes ruberrimus (Cramer, 1895)
Sebastes nigrocinctus Ayres, 1859
Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810)
Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854
Oxylebius pictus Gill, 1862
Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896)
Jordania zonopeStarks, 1895