Table 27. Taxonomic comparison between 1976 (Matta, 1977) 

 and 1981 (present study) macrobenthic species 

 collected from the ocean beach. 



Taxon 



1976 



1981 



Polychaeta 







Scolelepis squamata 



+ 



+ 



Spiophanes bombyx 



+ 





Nephtys bucera 



+ 



+ 



Magelona vosea 



+ 



+ 



Sigambva sp. 





+ 



Microphthalmias sczelkowii 



+ 





Travisia cornea 



+ 





Glyceva dibranchi-ata 



+ 



+ 



Eteone heteropoda 



+ 





Hesionid 





+ 



Phylodocid 





+ 



Mollusca 







Donax spp. 



+ 



+ 



Ens-is sp . 



+ 





Anadava oval-is 



+ 





Acteon sp. 





+ 



Epitonium sp. 





+ 



Amphipoda 







Haustorids 



+ 



+ 



Amphiporeia vi-rg-iniana 



+ 



+ 



Bathypoveia quoddyensis 



+ 



+ 



Corophidd 





+ 



Jassa falcala 



+ 





Decapoda 







Emevita talpoida 



+ 



+ 



Ovalipes ocellatus 



+ 



+ 



Paguvus longicavpus 



+ 





Isopoda 







Edotea sp. 





+ 



Cumacea 



+ 



+ 



Mysidacea 



+ 



+ 



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