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Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. Microfauna Marina. 3: 81-156.
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Armonies, W.
1987
Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft
Microfauna Marina
3: 81-156
Publication
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At the island of Sylt, North Sea, the plathelminth fauna of supralittoral salt marshes was investigated. A total of 103 species is recorded, 75 of which were found throughout the year. These species are truely brackish. 78 % of them perform univoltine life-cycles. Salinity, oxygen, and water availability are less stable in salt marshes than further seaward in the tidal zone. Many plathelminth species are able to encyst when conditions deteriorate. Thus they can withstand intermittent harshness. It is shown that every common plathelminth species prefers a distinct range of salinity. In species capable of encystment, every change in salinity causes a change in abundance. Regarding all plathelrninth species, salinity affects the species composition. The plathelminth distribution pattern is determined by (1) salinity, (2) oxygen availability, and (3) temperature. Together with differences in ground relief, water content, sediment composition, vegetation density, and insolation these factors form a patchy environment. Sites of similar combination of factors are patchily distributed, and the plathelminth distribution matches these mosaics. Thus, the distribution of species is non-random in salt marshes. A modified index of 'mean crowding' (LLOYD 1967) is proposed to describe the distribution of species in patchy environments. From the distribution pattern, the combination of the factors preferred is extracted. Closely related species differ in the preferred ranges, and their niches
overlap to a small extent only.
North Sea (and Channel)
Ecology
Fauna and Flora, Faunistic inventories, Checklists, Catalogues
Fauna and Flora, Faunistic inventories, Checklists, Catalogues
Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972 (additional source)
Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947 (status source)
Placorhynchus tetraculeatus Armonies & Hellwig, 1987 (additional source)
Zonorhynchus salinus Karling, 1952 (additional source)
Zonorhynchus seminascatus Karling, 1956 (additional source)
Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947 (status source)
Placorhynchus tetraculeatus Armonies & Hellwig, 1987 (additional source)
Zonorhynchus salinus Karling, 1952 (additional source)
Zonorhynchus seminascatus Karling, 1956 (additional source)
Germany for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
Germany for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
Germany for Anthopharynx vaginatus Karling, 1940
Germany for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
Germany for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
Germany for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
Germany for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
Germany for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
Germany for Mecynostomum auritum (Schultze, 1851)
Germany for Monocelis lineata (Müller, 1773) Oersted, 1843
Germany for Parautelga bilioi Karling, 1964
Germany for Pogaina suecica (Luther, 1948) Marcus, 1954
Germany for Postmecynostomum pictum Dörjes, 1968
Germany for Pratoplana salsa Ax, 1960
Germany for Proxenetes bilioi Den Hartog, 1966
Germany for Proxenetes britannicus Den Hartog, 1966
Germany for Proxenetes deltoides Den Hartog, 1965
Germany for Proxenetes puccinellicola Ax, 1960
Germany for Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964
Germany for Vejdovskya halileimonia Ax, 1960
Germany for Vejdovskya pellucida (Schultze, 1851) Graff, 1905
Germany for Westbladiella obliquepharynx Luther, 1943
Germany for Zonorhynchus salinus Karling, 1952
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Archilopsis unipunctata (Fabricius, 1826)
North Sea for Archilopsis unipunctata (Fabricius, 1826)
North Sea for Archimonotresis limophila Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Archimonotresis limophila Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Balgetia semicirculifera Karling, 1962
North Sea for Brederveldia bidentata Van Der Velde & Van De Winkel, 1975
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Castrada (Castrada) subsalsa Luther, 1946
North Sea for Castrada (Castrada) subsalsa Luther, 1946
North Sea for Castrada (Castrada) subsalsa Luther, 1946
North Sea for Coelogynopora biarmata Steinböck, 1924
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coronhelmis inornatus Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Coronhelmis lutheri Ax, 1951
North Sea for Coronhelmis multispinosus Luther, 1948
North Sea for Coronhelmis multispinosus Luther, 1948
North Sea for Coronhelmis multispinosus Luther, 1948
North Sea for Coronopharynx pusillus Luther, 1962
North Sea for Diascorhynchus serpens Karling, 1949
North Sea for Doliopharynx geminocirro Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831
North Sea for Halammovortex nigrifrons (Karling, 1935) Karling, 1943
North Sea for Haloplanella curvistyla Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella curvistyla Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella hamulata Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Haloplanella minuta Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Hoplopera littoralis Karling, 1957
North Sea for Hoplopera pusilla Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Hoplopera pusilla Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Itaipusa scotica (Karling, 1954) Karling, 1978
North Sea for Lutheriella diplostyla Hartog, 1966
North Sea for Lutheriella diplostyla Hartog, 1966
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
Germany for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
Germany for Anthopharynx vaginatus Karling, 1940
Germany for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
Germany for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
Germany for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
Germany for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
Germany for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
Germany for Mecynostomum auritum (Schultze, 1851)
Germany for Monocelis lineata (Müller, 1773) Oersted, 1843
Germany for Parautelga bilioi Karling, 1964
Germany for Pogaina suecica (Luther, 1948) Marcus, 1954
Germany for Postmecynostomum pictum Dörjes, 1968
Germany for Pratoplana salsa Ax, 1960
Germany for Proxenetes bilioi Den Hartog, 1966
Germany for Proxenetes britannicus Den Hartog, 1966
Germany for Proxenetes deltoides Den Hartog, 1965
Germany for Proxenetes puccinellicola Ax, 1960
Germany for Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964
Germany for Vejdovskya halileimonia Ax, 1960
Germany for Vejdovskya pellucida (Schultze, 1851) Graff, 1905
Germany for Westbladiella obliquepharynx Luther, 1943
Germany for Zonorhynchus salinus Karling, 1952
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Acrorhynchides robustus (Karling, 1931) Strand, 1928
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Adenopharynx mitrabursalis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Anthopharynx sacculipenis Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Archilopsis unipunctata (Fabricius, 1826)
North Sea for Archilopsis unipunctata (Fabricius, 1826)
North Sea for Archimonotresis limophila Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Archimonotresis limophila Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Baicalellia brevituba (Luther, 1918) Nasonov, 1930
North Sea for Balgetia semicirculifera Karling, 1962
North Sea for Brederveldia bidentata Van Der Velde & Van De Winkel, 1975
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Bresslauilla relicta Reisinger, 1929
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Byrsophlebs dubia (Ax, 1956) Karling, 1985
North Sea for Castrada (Castrada) subsalsa Luther, 1946
North Sea for Castrada (Castrada) subsalsa Luther, 1946
North Sea for Castrada (Castrada) subsalsa Luther, 1946
North Sea for Coelogynopora biarmata Steinböck, 1924
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coelogynopora schulzii Meixner, 1938
North Sea for Coronhelmis inornatus Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Coronhelmis lutheri Ax, 1951
North Sea for Coronhelmis multispinosus Luther, 1948
North Sea for Coronhelmis multispinosus Luther, 1948
North Sea for Coronhelmis multispinosus Luther, 1948
North Sea for Coronopharynx pusillus Luther, 1962
North Sea for Diascorhynchus serpens Karling, 1949
North Sea for Doliopharynx geminocirro Ehlers, 1972
North Sea for Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831
North Sea for Halammovortex nigrifrons (Karling, 1935) Karling, 1943
North Sea for Haloplanella curvistyla Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella curvistyla Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella hamulata Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Haloplanella minuta Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Haloplanella obtusituba Luther, 1946
North Sea for Hoplopera littoralis Karling, 1957
North Sea for Hoplopera pusilla Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Hoplopera pusilla Ehlers, 1974
North Sea for Itaipusa scotica (Karling, 1954) Karling, 1978
North Sea for Lutheriella diplostyla Hartog, 1966
North Sea for Lutheriella diplostyla Hartog, 1966
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
North Sea for Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947