CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Methods 1 



Benthic fauna 2 



Sediments 3 



New York Bight apex study area 3 



Environmental characteristics 3 



Life histories and distributions of dominant benthic invertebrates 7 



Phylum Coelenterata 7 



Class Anthozoa 7 



Edwardsia spp. : elegans and sipunculoides 7 



Ceriantheopsis americanus 7 



Phylum Phoronida 9 



Phoronis architecta 9 



Phylum Mollusca 10 



Class Gastropoda 10 



Nassarius trivittatus 10 



Class Bivalvia 11 



Nucula proximo 11 



Astane castanea 12 



Arctica islandica 12 



Cerastoderma phmulatwn 13 



Pilar morrhuanus 14 



Spisula solidissima 14 



Tellina agilis 15 



Ensis directus 16 



Phylum Annelida 17 



Class Polychaeta 17 



Order Archiannelida 17 



Polygordius triestinus 17 



Order Phyllodocida 18 



Phyllodoce arenae 18 



Eteone longa 18 



Harmothoe extenuata 19 



Sthenelais limicola 20 



Glycera dibranchiata 20 



Goniadella gracilis 21 



Nephtys bucera 22 



Nephtys incisa 23 



Nephtys picta 23 



Nephtys (Aglaophamus) circinata 24 



Order Capitellida 24 



Capitella capitata 24 



Mediomastus ambiseta 26 



Travisia carnea 26 



Order Spionida 27 



Spio filicornis 27 



Prionospio steenstrupi 28 



Polydora ligni 28 



Spiophanes bombyx 29 



Paraonis gracilis 30 



Aricidea catherinae 30 



Order Eunicida 31 



Lumbrinerides acuta 31 



Lumbrineris fragilis 31 



Lumbrineris tenuis 32 



Ninoe nigripes 33 



Drilonereis longa 33 



Order Magelonida 34 



Magelona cf riojai 34 



