Table 8.11.     Summary of Species Identified Along Shoreline of Chiu Keng Wan During Preliminary Field Surveys (ERM, 1998)

 

Species

Abundance

Zone

 

 

Low-shore

Mid-shore

High-shore

Mobile Fauna

 

 

 

 

Littorinids

 

 

 

 

Nodillittorina trochoides

Low to moderate

 

X

X

Nodillittorina radiata

Moderate to high

 

X

X

Nodillittorina vidua

Moderate to high

 

X

X

Littoraria articulata

Low

 

X

X

Peasiella roepstorffiana

Low

 

X

X

Topshells

 

 

 

 

Chlorostoma argyrstomus

Low

X

 

 

Lunella coronata

Low

X

X

 

Nerita albicilla

Low

 

X

 

Monodonta labio

Low

 

X

 

Limpets

 

 

 

 

Cellana grata

Low

 

X

 

Cellana toreuma

Moderate

 

X

 

Patelloida saccharina

Moderate to high

X

X

 

Patelloida pygmaea

Low to moderate

X

X

 

Siphonaria sirius

Low

X

X

 

Siphonaria japonica

Low

 

X

 

Chiton

 

 

 

 

Acanthopleura japonica

Moderate

X

X

 

Dogwhelks

 

 

 

 

Thais clavigera

Moderate

X

 

 

Morula musiva

Low

 

X

 

Bivalves

 

 

 

 

Barbatia virescens

Low

X

 

 

Septifer virgatus

Low

 

X

 

Saccostrea cucullata

Low to moderate

X

X

 

Barnacles

 

 

 

 

Tetraclita sp.

High

X

X

 

Capitulum mitella

Low

 

X

X

Sea anemone

 

 

 

 

Unknown sp.

Low

X

 

 

Algae

 

 

 

 

Ralfsia expansa

High

X

 

 

Hildenbrandtia prototypus

High

X

 

 

Green turf

High

X

 

 

Encrusting coralline

High

X

 

 

Kyrthrix maculans

Moderate

 

X