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Results of the SIMPER routine analyzing the similarity between depth ranges for macroinvertebrate fauna
| Group 30-100 m | Group 100-200 m | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average similarity: 14.14 | Average similarity: 35.67 | ||||||
| Species | Av.Abund | Av.Sim | Contrib% | Species | Av.Abund | Av.Sim | Contrib% |
| Parapenaeus longirostris | 12.67 | 7.1 | 50.19 | Parapenaeus longirostris | 28.81 | 7.35 | 20.62 |
| Illex coindetii | 3.1 | 1.55 | 10.95 | Illex coindetii | 10.98 | 5.05 | 14.16 |
| Porifera sp | 2.67 | 1.55 | 10.95 | Sepia officinalis | 8.8 | 4.21 | 11.8 |
| Echinaster sepositus | 3.05 | 1.26 | 8.94 | ||||
| Luidia sarsii | 1 | 0.89 | 6.32 | ||||
| Group 200-300 m | Group 300-410 m | ||||||
| Average similarity: 45.55 | Average similarity: 52.12 | ||||||
| Species | Av.Abund | Av.Sim | Contrib% | Species | Av.Abund | Av.Sim | Contrib% |
| Parapenaeus longirostris | 60.37 | 19.39 | 42.58 | Parapenaeus longirostris | 64.3 | 24.59 | 47.17 |
| Illex coindetii | 22.13 | 6.99 | 15.35 | Plesionika edwardsii | 19.15 | 8 | 15.34 |
| Sepia elegans | 11.19 | 4.31 | 9.47 | Illex coindetii | 12.39 | 5.74 | 11.02 |
| Sepia officinalis | 13.64 | 4.22 | 9.26 | ||||
Result of SIMPER analysis
| Depth (m) | S | N | d | J′ | H′ | 1-Lambda′ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Northeastern Aegean Sea | ||||||
| 30-100 | 46 | 586 | 7.061 | 0.7002 | 3.868 | 0.8892 |
| 100-200 | 63 | 1174 | 0.772 | 0.6959 | 4,16 | 0.9016 |
| 200-300 | 37 | 3346 | 4.436 | 0.4274 | 2.226 | 0.6325 |
| 300-410 | 46 | 6685 | 5.109 | 0.1814 | 1.002 | 0.238 |
| The Northeastern Levantine Sea | ||||||
| 30-100 | 36 | 673 | 5.375 | 0.5901 | 3.051 | 0.7643 |
| 100-200 | 64 | 2751 | 7.955 | 0.3988 | 2.393 | 0.559 |
| 200-300 | 56 | 7503 | 6.164 | 0.2292 | 1.331 | 0.3411 |
| 300-410 | 47 | 4336 | 5.493 | 0.3651 | 2.028 | 0.5724 |
List of invertebrate species by depth zone
| The Northeastern Aegean | The Northeastern Levantine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phylum/Species | Depth Stratum (m) | Phylum/Species | Depth Stratum (m) | ||||||
| 30-100 | 100-200 | 200-300 | 300-410 | 30-100 | 100-200 | 200-300 | 300-410 | ||
| PORIFERA | |||||||||
| Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) | x | Porifera spp. | x | x | |||||
| Porifera spp. | x | x | |||||||
| CNIDARIA | |||||||||
| Alcyonium sp. | x | Alcyonium sp. | x | x | x | ||||
| Caryophyllia sp. | x | Alicia mirabilis Johnson, 1861 | x | x | |||||
| Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758 | x | x | New records for the Turkish Levantine coast | x | |||||
New records for the Turkish Levantine coast | x | x | x | ||||||
| Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 | pelagic | ||||||||
| Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758 | x | x | |||||||
| BRYOZOA | |||||||||
| Bryozoa spp. | x | Bryozoa spp. | x | ||||||
| BRANCHIPODA | |||||||||
New records for the Turkish Levantine coast | x | x | x | ||||||
| ANNELIDA | |||||||||
New records for the Turkish Aegean coast | x | Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) | x | x | |||||
| Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | New records for the Turkish Levantine coast | x | ||||||
| MOLLUSCA | |||||||||
| Acanthocardia sp. | x | Abra sp. | x | ||||||
| Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Acanthocardia sp. | x | ||||||
| Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | ||||||
| Diodora sp. | x | Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 | pelagic | ||||||
| Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818 | pelagic | Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | |||||
| Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) | x | x | x | Alien species | x | x | |||
| Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825) | x | Cypraeidae sp. | x | ||||||
| Galeodeaechinophora (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Alien species | x | ||||||
| Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839) | x | x | x | x | Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) | x | x | ||
| Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 | x | x | Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | |||||
| Nudibranchia spp. | x | Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839) | x | x | x | x | |||
| Octopus salutii Vérany, 1836 | x | Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 | x | x | x | ||||
| Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | x | x | Muricidae sp. | x | |||||
| Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835 | x | x | Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791) | x | x | ||||
| Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795) | x | Nudibranchia spp. | x | x | |||||
| Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830) | x | x | x | Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) | x | ||||
| Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827 | x | x | Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | x | x | x | |||
| Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 | x | x | Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778) | x | |||||
| Sepia orbignyana Férussac [in d’Orbigny], 1826 | x | x | Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825) | x | |||||
| Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 | x | Plocamopherus tilesii Bergh, 1877 | x | ||||||
| Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) | x | Rondeletiola minor (Naef, 1912) | x | x | x | x | |||
| Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830) | x | x | |||||||
| Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827 | x | x | x | ||||||
| Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 | x | x | x | ||||||
| Sepia orbignyana Férussac [in d’Orbigny], 1826 | x | x | |||||||
| Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | ||||||||
| Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791) | x | ||||||||
| ARTHROPODA | |||||||||
| Aegeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887) | x | x | x | Aegaeon cataphractus | x | ||||
| Alpheus sp. | x | Aegeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887) | x | x | x | ||||
| Calappa granulata (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Anapagurus spp. | x | ||||||
| Chlorotocus crassicornis (A. Costa, 1871) | x | Alien species | x | ||||||
| Galathea bolivari Zariquiey Álvarez, 1950 | x | x | Alien species | x | x | ||||
| Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839 | x | Alien species | x | x | |||||
| Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777) | x | Alien species | x | x | |||||
| Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830 | x | x | Alien species | x | x | ||||
| Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | Ethusa mascarone (Herbst, 1785) | x | x | ||||
| Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey-Álvarez, 1964 | x | x | Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | |||||
| Macropodia longirostris (Fabricius, 1775) | x | Homola barbata (Fabricius, 1793) | x | x | |||||
| Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761) | x | Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839 | x | x | |||||
| Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) | x | Alien species | x | x | |||||
| Medorippe lanata (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | x | Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830 | x | x | x | |||
| Munida sp. | x | x | x | Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | ||||
| Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey-Álvarez, 1964 | x | x | |||||
| Paguristes eremita (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | Macropodia longipes (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899) | x | x | |||||
| Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815 | x | x | Macropodia longirostris (Fabricius, 1775) | x | x | ||||
| Pandalina brevirostris (Rathke, 1843) | x | Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761) | x | ||||||
| Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) | x | Macropodia tenuirostris (Leach, 1814) | x | ||||||
| Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) | x | x | x | x | Medorippe lanata (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | x | x | |
| Phrosina semilunata Risso, 1822 | pelagic | Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798) | x | x | |||||
| Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761) | x | Monodaeus couchii (Couch, 1851) | x | x | |||||
| Pilumnus minutus De Haan, 1835 | x | Munida sp. | x | ||||||
| Pisa armata (Latreille, 1803) | x | Pagurus chevreuxi (Bouvier, 1896) | x | ||||||
| Pisa nodipes Leach, 1815 | x | Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815 | x | x | |||||
| Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851) | x | x | x | x | Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) | x | x | x | x |
| Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) | x | Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) | x | ||||||
| Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 | x | x | x | Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) | x | ||||
| Scalpellum scalpellum (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | x | Alien species | x | |||||
| Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1816) | x | Alien species | x | x | |||||
| Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | Pisa armata (Latreille, 1803) | x | x | ||||
| Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) | x | Pisa nodipes Leach, 1815 | x | ||||||
| Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851) | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761) | x | ||||||||
| Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 | x | ||||||||
| Processa canaliculata Leach, 1815 | x | ||||||||
New records for the Turkish Levantine coast | x | ||||||||
| Sicyonia carinata (Brünnich, 1768) | x | x | |||||||
Alien species | x | ||||||||
| Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1816) | x | ||||||||
| Spinolambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790) | x | ||||||||
| Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | ||||||||
| Synalpheus africanus Crosnier & Forest, 1965 | x | ||||||||
Alien species | x | ||||||||
| ECHINO | DERMATA | ||||||||
| Anseropodaplacenta (Pennant, 1777) | x | Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816) | x | x | x | ||||
| Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816) | x | x | Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777) | x | x | ||||
| Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Astropecten sp. | x | x | x | ||||
| Astropecten irregularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) | x | x | |||||
| Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827) | x | Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845) | x | ||||||
| Astropecten sp. | x | x | x | Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | |||
| Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837) | x | Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783) | x | ||||||
| Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) | x | Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816 | x | ||||||
| Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845) | x | New records for the Turkish Levantine coast | x | ||||||
| Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | x | x | Luidia sarsii Düben & Koren in Düben, 1845 | x | x | ||
| Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783) | x | x | Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | |||||
| Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816 | x | Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) | x | ||||||
| Genocidaris maculata A. Agassiz, 1869 | x | Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) | x | ||||||
| Holothuria sp. | x | ||||||||
| Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837) | x | ||||||||
| Luidia sarsii Düben & Koren in Düben, 1845 | x | x | |||||||
| Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | |||||||
| Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805) | x | ||||||||
| Ophiactis kroeyeri Lütken, 1856 | x | ||||||||
| Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) | x | ||||||||
| Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758) | x | x | |||||||
| Parastichopus regalis (Cuvier, 1817) | x | x | x | ||||||
| Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | x | ||||||||
| Ova canaliferus (Lamarck, 1816) | x | ||||||||
| Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) | x | x | |||||||
| CHORDATA (SUBPHYLUM) TUNICATA | |||||||||
| Aplidium sp. | x | Ascidiidae spp. | x | x | |||||
| Ascidiidae spp. | x | Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | ||||||
| Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | x | x | Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843) | x | ||||
| Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767) | x | x | New records for the Turkish seas | pelagic | |||||
| Polyclinella (cf) azemai Harant, 1930 | x | ||||||||
| Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815) | x | x | |||||||
| Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775) | pelagic | ||||||||