Table. 2.4. Characteristic Species in Macroinvertebrate Assemblages (15). 
Galveston-Trinitv-East Bays 
River-Influenced 
Bivalves 
Mulinia lateralis 
Macoma mitchelli 
Rangia flexuosa 
Gastropods 
Texadina sphinctostoma 
Vioscalba louisianae 
Texadina barretti 
Polychaetes 
Parandalia fauveli 
Streblospio benedicti 
Capitella capitata 
Mediomastus califomiensis 
Polydora ligni 
Crustaceans 
Corophium louisianum 
Inlet-Influenced 
Bivalves 
Mulinia lateralis 
Lyonsia hyalina floridana 
Tellina texana 
Gastropods 
Turbonilla cf. T. interrupta 
Nassarius acutus 
Polychaetes 
Owenia fusiformis 
Apoprionospio pygmaea 
Onuphis eremita oculata 
Bay Margin 
Bivalves 
Amygdalum papyrium 
Polychaetes 
Streblospio benedicti 
Paraprionospio pinnata 
Tharyx marioni 
Owenia fusiformis 
Crustaceans 
Oxyurostylis salinoi 
Monoculodes nyei 
Cerapus tubularis 
Hargeria rapax 
Open Bay Center 
Bivalves 
Mulinia lateralis 
Polychaetes 
Paraprionospio pinnata 
Pseudeurythoe ambigua 
Parandalia fauveli 
Sigambra spp. 
Crustaceans 
Acetes americanus 
Oyster Reef 
Gastropods 
Boonea impressa 
Texadina sphinctostoma 
Bivalves 
Crassostrea virginica 
Ischadium recurvum 
Brachidontes exustus 
Mulinia lateralis 
Polychaetes 
Nereis succinea 
Polydora ligni 
Mediomastus califomiensis 
Streblospio benedicti 
Parandalia fauveli 
Crustaceans 
Melita nitida 
Rhithropanopeus harrisii 
Cassidinidea lunifrons 
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