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5.0 Benthic <strong>and</strong> Epibenthic Invertebrates<br />

Table 5.4-5. Historical Comparison <strong>of</strong> the Ten Most Abundant Benthic Infauna Taxa, in Descending Order <strong>of</strong> Dominance, in Los<br />

Angeles <strong>and</strong> Long Beach Harbors.<br />

Year 1986-1987 1993 1996 1998 1999 2000 <strong>2008</strong><br />

Source MEC 1988*<br />

1 Balanus<br />

pacificus<br />

2 Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

3 Ophiothrix<br />

spiculata<br />

CLA - EMD<br />

1994* MEC 1996**<br />

Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

Pagurus<br />

spilocarpus<br />

4 Muricea spp. Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

5 Corynactis<br />

californica<br />

6 Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

7 Mytilus<br />

edulis/californian<br />

us<br />

8 Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

9 Crepidula<br />

dorsata<br />

Penaeus<br />

californiensis<br />

Kelletia kelletia<br />

Loxorhynchus<br />

gr<strong>and</strong>us<br />

Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

Philine<br />

auriformis<br />

Dendronotus iris<br />

Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

Loligo<br />

opalescens<br />

Pagurus<br />

spilocarpus<br />

Asterina miniata<br />

Parastichopus<br />

californicus<br />

CLA - EMD<br />

1999*<br />

Philine<br />

auriformis<br />

Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

Astropecten<br />

armatus<br />

Sicyonia ingentis<br />

Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

Pagurus<br />

spilocarpus<br />

Nassarius<br />

perpinguis<br />

Penaeus<br />

californiensis<br />

CLA - EMD<br />

2000* MEC 2002 Present Study<br />

Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

Philine<br />

auriformis<br />

Crangon<br />

alaskensis<br />

Sicyonia ingentis<br />

Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

Astropencten<br />

armatus<br />

Penaeus<br />

californiensis<br />

Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

Nassarius<br />

perpenguis<br />

10 Chama arcana Octopus sp. Virgularia<br />

galapagensis<br />

Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

Philine<br />

auriformis<br />

Pagurus<br />

spilocarpus<br />

Cancer gracilis<br />

Bulla gouldiana<br />

Panaeus<br />

californiensis<br />

Navanax inermis<br />

Crangon<br />

alaskensis<br />

Crangon<br />

nigromaculata<br />

Sicyonia ingentis<br />

Crangon<br />

nigricauda<br />

Portunus<br />

xantusii<br />

Heptacarpus<br />

spp.<br />

Pyromaia<br />

tuberculata<br />

Crangon<br />

alaskensis<br />

Sicyonia<br />

penicillata<br />

Heptacarpus<br />

stimpsoni<br />

Penaeus<br />

californiensis<br />

<strong>2008</strong> Biological Surveys <strong>of</strong> Los Angeles <strong>and</strong> Long Beach Harbors 5–25<br />

April 2010

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