NAdEm - Northern Adriatic Epimegabenthos

Study Extent

Most samples have been collected during monitoring activities in the framework of the Marine Strategy Directive 2008/56/EC. Annual monitoring campaign were performed in the period 2016-2019 over four 25 km2 areas characterized by muddy sand bottom, located between 3 and 6 nautical miles from the Veneto coastline, on bathymetries between 15 and 20 m.

Sampling

Most samples have been collected during monitoring activities in the framework of the Marine Strategy Directive 2008/56/EC. Samplings were carried on a fishing vessel, by means of “rapido” trawling. For each of three sites per monitoring area, three linear transects, about 1 nautical mile long and 250 m apart, were performed. A quantitative sub-sample of the collected material, mostly by-catch, was collected for analysis, maintained at low temperatures, sorted and stored within 48 hours. All the organisms were quantified and determined to the lowest achievable taxonomic rank, based on up-to-date taxonomic keys and scientific literature.

Method steps

1. Most samples have been collected during monitoring activities in the framework of the Marine Strategy Directive 2008/56/EC. For details on the methods, see MATTM-ISPRA (2016) protocols (MATTM-ISPRA, Programmi di Monitoraggio per la Strategia Marina Art. 11, D.lgs. 190/2010 - Schede Metodologiche. MODULO 9 - Habitat di fondo marino sottoposti a danno fisico, v. settembre 2016).

1. Holothuroidea
   rank: class
2. Leucosiidae
   rank: family
3. Mollusca
   rank: phylum
4. Cardiida
   rank: order
5. Arthropoda
   rank: phylum
6. Demospongiae
   rank: class
7. Inachidae
   rank: family
8. Pectinida
   rank: order
9. Mytilida
   rank: order
10. Mytilidae
    rank: family
11. Ethusidae
    rank: family
12. Ophiurida
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13. Trochida
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14. Decapoda
    rank: order
15. Diogenidae
    rank: family
16. Cassidae
    rank: family
17. Neogastropoda
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18. Arcidae
    rank: family
19. Ostreida
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20. Sicyoniidae
    rank: family
21. Porifera
    rank: phylum
22. Cucumariidae
    rank: family
23. Limida
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24. Calliostomatidae
    rank: family
25. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
26. Parthenopidae
    rank: family
27. Paguridae
    rank: family
28. Parechinidae
    rank: family
29. Phyllodocida
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30. Anellida
    rank: phylum
31. Dendrochirotida
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32. Amphiuridae
    rank: family
33. Trochidae
    rank: family
34. Limidae
    rank: family
35. Tethyidae
    rank: family
36. Polychaeta
    rank: class
37. Littorinimorpha
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38. Lepetellida
    rank: order
39. Bivalvia
    rank: class
40. Paxillosida
    rank: order
41. Clathurellidae
    rank: family
42. Pilumnidae
    rank: family
43. Ophiotrichidae
    rank: family
44. Corystidae
    rank: family
45. Porcellanidae
    rank: family
46. Tethyida
    rank: order
47. Solecurtidae
    rank: family
48. Pectinidae
    rank: family
49. Goneplacidae
    rank: family
50. Polybiidae
    rank: family
51. Ophiuridae
    rank: family
52. Ostreidae
    rank: family
53. Echinoidea
    rank: class
54. Aphroditidae
    rank: family
55. Cardiidae
    rank: family
56. Aporrhaidae
    rank: family
57. Dromiidae
    rank: family
58. Naticidae
    rank: family
59. Dorippidae
    rank: family
60. Fasciolariidae
    rank: family
61. Anomiidae
    rank: family
62. Amphilepidida
    rank: order
63. Ophiuroidea
    rank: class
64. Malacostraca
    rank: class
65. Camarodonta
    rank: order
66. Fissurellidae
    rank: family
67. Muricidae
    rank: family
68. Gastropoda
    rank: class
69. Asteroidea
    rank: class
70. Arcida
    rank: order
71. Echinodermata
    rank: phylum
72. Astropectinidae
    rank: family

Venice Lagoon, Adriatic Sea