Appendix 6.3(28). A taxonomic list of benthic infauna taken by ponar 

 grab sampler along the southeastern Louisiana coast (Ragan 1976) , 



Coelenterata 



Scyphozoa: Medusae 

 Anthozoa: Sea anemones 



Nemer tinea: Ribbon worms 



Aschelminthes 



Nematoda: Roundworms 



Annelida 



Polychaeta: Sandworms 



Mollusca 



Gastropoda: 

 Cancellaria reticulata 

 Oliva say ana 

 Polinices duplicata 

 Other gastropods 



Pelecypoda: 

 Mulina sp. 

 Other Pelecypods 



Arthropoda 

 Crustacea 

 Subclass Malacostraca 



Isopoda: Isopods 

 Amphipoda: Amphipods 

 Clibanarius vittatus (hermit crab) 

 Other hermit crabs 

 Spider crabs 

 Unidentified crabs 

 Snapping shrimp - Crangon sp. 

 Sea bobs - Xiphopenaeus sp. 

 Unidentified shrimp 



Phoronida 



Chaetognatha 



Arrow worm - Sagitta sp. 



Echinodermata 



Ophiuroidea: Brittle star 



Chordata 



Cephlachordata - Salpa 

 Vertebrata: 



Goby 



Juvenile fish 



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