Kinorhyncha, Reinhard, 1885

3.3. Kinorhyncha View in CoL distribution

The kinorhynch community showed a different arrangement between the axis (station A6200) and the terrace (station A5200) ( Fig. 8 View Fig ). At the terrace, kinorhynchs were concentrated in the top 1 cm layer of sediment, whereas axis specimens were distributed more homogeneously through the vertical profile, being present in all five depth intervals of 1 cm each. Similar number of specimens, with high a proportion of juvenile stages, were present at both studied sites: 14 specimens at A5200 (71 % juveniles, 29 % adults), and 17 specimens at A6200 (59 % juveniles, 41 % adults). All adult specimens from A6200 belonged to the new species. At both stations, juvenile stages appeared only in the upper depth horizons ( Fig. 8 View Fig ): in layers 0-1 and 1-2 at station A5200; and in layers 0-1, 1-2, and 2-3 at station A6200.