BELGIAN REGISTER OF MARINE SPECIES September 2010 Belgian Register of Marine Species – September 2010 BELGIAN REGISTER OF MARINE SPECIES, COMPILED AND VALIDATED BY THE VLIZ BELGIAN MARINE SPECIES CONSORTIUM VLIZ SPECIAL PUBLICATION 46 SUGGESTED CITATION Leen Vandepitte, Wim Decock & Jan Mees (eds) (2010). Belgian Register of Marine Species, compiled and validated by the VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium. VLIZ Special Publication, 46. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende, Belgium. 78 pp. ISBN 978‐90‐812900‐8‐1. CONTACT INFORMATION Flanders Marine Institute – VLIZ InnovOcean site Wandelaarkaai 7 8400 Oostende Belgium Phone: ++32‐(0)59‐34 21 30 Fax: ++32‐(0)59‐34 21 31 E‐mail: [email protected] or [email protected] ‐ 2 ‐ Belgian Register of Marine Species – September 2010 Content Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... ‐ 5 ‐ Used terminology and definitions ....................................................................................................... ‐ 7 ‐ Belgian Register of Marine Species in numbers .................................................................................. ‐ 9 ‐ Belgian Register of Marine Species ................................................................................................... ‐ 12 ‐ BACTERIA ............................................................................................................................................. ‐ 12 ‐ PROTOZOA ............................................................................................................................................ ‐ 12 ‐ BACILLARIOPHYTA ‐ DIATOMS ................................................................................................................... ‐ 13 ‐ PORIFERA ‐ SPONGES .............................................................................................................................. ‐ 13 ‐ CNIDARIA ‐ CNIDARIANS .......................................................................................................................... ‐ 14 ‐ Hydrozoa ‐ hydroids ............................................................................................................ ‐ 14 ‐ Scyphozoa ‐ true jellyfish ................................................................................................... ‐ 15 ‐ Anthozoa ‐ sea anemones .................................................................................................. ‐ 15 ‐ CTENOPHORA ‐ SEA GOOSBERRIES ............................................................................................................. ‐ 16 ‐ PLATYHELMINTHES ‐ FLATWORMS ............................................................................................................. ‐ 16 ‐ NEMERTEA ‐ RIBBON WORMS .................................................................................................................. ‐ 20 ‐ GASTROTRICHA ‐ GASTROTRICHS, HAIRY‐BACKS ........................................................................................... ‐ 20 ‐ NEMATODA ‐ ROUNDWORMS .................................................................................................................. ‐ 21 ‐ ROTIFERA ‐ ROTIFERS, WHEEL ANIMALS ...................................................................................................... ‐ 32 ‐ KINORHYNCHA ‐ SPINY‐CROWN WORMS .................................................................................................... ‐ 32 ‐ SIPUNCULA ‐ PEANUT WORMS .................................................................................................................. ‐ 33 ‐ ECHIURA ‐ SPOON WORMS ...................................................................................................................... ‐ 33 ‐ MOLLUSCA ‐ MOLLUSKS .......................................................................................................................... ‐ 33 ‐ Polyplacophora ‐ chitons .................................................................................................... ‐ 33 ‐ Bivalvia ‐ bivalves and clams .............................................................................................. ‐ 34 ‐ Gastropoda ‐ snails and slugs ............................................................................................ ‐ 36 ‐ Cephalopoda ‐ cephalopods ............................................................................................... ‐ 37 ‐ OLIGOCHAETA ‐ EARTH WORMS ................................................................................................................ ‐ 37 ‐ POLYCHAETA ‐ BRISTLE WORMS ................................................................................................................ ‐ 38 ‐ PYCNOGONIDA ‐ SEA SPIDERS ................................................................................................................... ‐ 42 ‐ BRANCHIOPODA ‐ BRANCHIOPODS ............................................................................................................ ‐ 42 ‐ OSTRACODA ‐ SEED SHRIMP ..................................................................................................................... ‐ 43 ‐ COPEPODA ‐ COPEPODS .......................................................................................................................... ‐ 44 ‐ CIRRIPEDIA ‐ CIRRIPEDS ........................................................................................................................... ‐ 48 ‐ NEBALIACEA .......................................................................................................................................... ‐ 49 ‐ ‐ 3 ‐ Belgian Register of Marine Species – September 2010 EUPHAUSIACEA ‐ KRILL ............................................................................................................................ ‐ 50 ‐ DECAPODA ‐ DECAPODS .......................................................................................................................... ‐ 50 ‐ CUMACEA ‐ HOODED SHRIMPS ................................................................................................................. ‐ 52 ‐ AMPHIPODA ‐ AMPHIPODS ...................................................................................................................... ‐ 52 ‐ ISOPODA ‐ PILLBUGS, SLATERS AND WOODLICE ............................................................................................ ‐ 54 ‐ MYSIDA ‐ OPOSSUM SHRIMPS .................................................................................................................. ‐ 55 ‐ TANAIDACEA ‐ TANAIDS ........................................................................................................................... ‐ 56 ‐ MYRIAPODA ‐ MYRIAPODS ....................................................................................................................... ‐ 56 ‐ INSECTA ‐ INSECTS .................................................................................................................................. ‐ 56 ‐ CHAETOGNATHA ‐ ARROW WORMS ........................................................................................................... ‐ 57 ‐ ECHINODERMATA ‐ ECHINODERMS ............................................................................................................ ‐ 58 ‐ BRYOZOA ‐ MOSS ANIMALS, SEA MATS ....................................................................................................... ‐ 59 ‐ TUNICATA ‐ SEA SQUIRTS ......................................................................................................................... ‐ 62 ‐ ENTOPROCTA ‐ GOBLET WORMS ............................................................................................................... ‐ 63 ‐ PHORONIDA ‐ HORSESHOE WORMS ........................................................................................................... ‐ 63 ‐ BRACHIOPODA ‐ LAMP SHELLS .................................................................................................................. ‐ 63 ‐ CEPHALOCHORDATA ‐ LANCELETS ............................................................................................................. ‐ 64 ‐ AGNATHA ‐ JAWLESS FISH ........................................................................................................................ ‐ 64 ‐ PISCES ‐ FISH ......................................................................................................................................... ‐ 64 ‐ REPTILIA ‐ REPTILES ................................................................................................................................ ‐ 67 ‐ AVES ‐ BIRDS ......................................................................................................................................... ‐ 68 ‐ CETACEA ‐ WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES ........................................................................................... ‐ 70 ‐ CARNIVORA ‐ CARNIVORES ....................................................................................................................... ‐ 70 ‐ RHODOPHYTA ‐ RED ALGAE ...................................................................................................................... ‐ 71 ‐ CHLOROPHYTA ‐ GREEN ALGAE ................................................................................................................. ‐ 72 ‐ PHAEOPHYCEAE ‐ BROWN ALGAE .............................................................................................................