Appendix 6.3(16). Representative benthos collected in Barataria Bay, Louisiana 



INVERTEBRATE MEIOBENTHOS (Day et al. 1973) 



Nematodes: Diplolaimelloides bruciei 



Harpacticord copepods 



Amphipods: Corophium sp., Ampilesca sp. 



Polychaetes: Neanthes sp . 



Oligochaetes 



Ostracods 



Taraidaceans 



Mites 



Small snails 



Other annelids 



Insect larvae 



MICROBENTHOS - FORAMINIFERA (Cruz-Orozco 19 70 and Warren 1960) 

 Ammoastuta sp. (agglutinated form) 



Arenoparella sp. (agglutinated form) 



Trochammina sp . (agglutinated form) 



Ammobaculites sp. (agglutinated form) 



Miliammina sp. (siliceous-type) 



Ammotium sp. (agglutinated form) 



Ammonia sp . (calcareous-type) 

 Cribroelphidium sp . 

 Eponidella sp . 



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