A total of 26,999 individuals belonging to 425 species were
identified during the present study, including 173 species of
polychaetes, 133 species of crustaceans, 86 species of
molluscs and 15 species of echinoderms. Of the ten most
abundant species, six were polychaetes, three were molluscs
and one was a crustacean. The most dominant species
was the serpulid Ditrupa arietina, which accounted for
27.3% of total macrofauna abundance. The oweniid Owenia
fusiformis accounted for 9.8% and the turritellid