Table 7. Dominant niacroinvertebrates in different vegetation zones on a 

 high marsh near Stonington, Connecticut (Tiner 1974). 



Sp artina patens zone 



Mel a mpus bidentat us 

 Ph iloscia vittata~Ti sopod ) 

 Ce raticelus emertoni (spider) 

 Cornicularia sp. (spider) 

 Erythraeid mites 

 Orchestia g rill us 

 C eratozet es sp. (mi te ) 

 Dclphacid nymphs 

 Clubiona spp. (spider) 

 Fieberiella florii (planthopper) 



Disti chlis spicata zone 



Melampus biden t atus 



Alderia mo desta 



Philoscia vittata 



Modiolus demissus 



Orchestia grill us 



Exigonidae (spider) 



Camisia sp. (mite) 



Delphacid nymphs 



Ceraticelus emertoni 



Lycos idae (wolf spiders) 



Nematodes 



Cornicula ria sp. 



Coleoptera #1 (unidentified beetle) 



J uncus gerardi zone 



Philoscia vitt ata 

 Melampus bidentatus 

 Or chestia grillus 

 Alderia modesta 

 Cornicularia sp. 

 Ceraticelus emertoni 



Lycos idae 



Hemiptera #1 (unidentified plant bug) 



Ceratozetes sp. 



Iva frutescens - Juncus gerardi zone 



Dactynotus sp. (aphid) 

 Philoscia vittat a 

 Melampus bidentatus 

 Ceratozetes sp. 

 Orchestia grillus 

 Ceraticelus emertoni 



a 



.Ranked in order of abundance. 

 Greater than 2 mm; infauna less than 1 mm. 



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