Table 2.

Mean percentage of dominant (>5%) and subdominant (>1%) nematode genera present in the 0–1 cm sediment horizon from the stations from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.

Equator	2°N	5°N	9°N	23°N
Thalassomonhystera 18.3%	Thalassomonhystera 22.9%	Thalassomonhystera 22.8%	Thalassomonhystera 32.5%	Thalassomonhystera 32.1%
Acantholaimus 9.6%	Microlaimus 7.1%	Molgolaimus 8.5%	Acantholaimus 5.9%	Acantholaimus 7.3%
Quadricoma 5.7%	Molgolaimus 6.8%	Acantholaimus 7.6%	Halalaimus 5.5%	Linhystera 6.5%
Leptolaimus 5.5%	Acantholaimus 5.7%	Microlaimus 5.4%	Microlaimus 4.1%	Halalaimus 5.3%
Microlaimus 5.2%	Desmoscolex 5.1%	Aponema 4.6%	Leptolaimus 4.1%	Theristus 4.0%
Diplopeltoides 5.2%	Aponema 4.8%	Halalaimus 3.7%	Linhystera 2.6%	Aponema 3.5%
Halalaimus 3.5%	Diplopeltoides 3.1%	Quadricoma 2.8%	Manganonema 2.6%	Microlaimus 3.5%
Desmodora 3.2%	Halalaimus 2.8%	Desmodora 2.6%	Diplopeltula 2.6%	Leptolaimus 3.5%
Diplopeltula 3.0%	Quadricoma 2.5%	Leptolaimus 2.4%	Aegialoalaimus 2.2%	Aegialoalaimus 2.5%
Manganonema 2.7%	Ascolaimus 2.3%	Diplopeltoides 2.4%	Quadricoma 2.2%	Daptonema 2.3%
Thalassomonhystera 2.5%	Syringolaimus 2.0%	Ascolaimus 2.2%	Prochromadorella 1.9%	Manganonema 2.0%
Desmoscolex 2.2%	Nox 2.0%	Manganonema 2.0%	Desmodora 1.9%	Diplopeltoides 1.8%
Actinonema 2.0%	Campylaimus 2.0%	Syringolaimus 1.7%	Diplopeltoides 1.9%	Desmoscolex 1.8%
Camacolaimus 1.7%	Actinonema 1.4%	Tubolaimoides 1.7%	Cobbia 1.9%	Neochromadora 1.3%
Aponema 1.7%	Desmodora 1.4%	Cervonema 1.3%	Syringolaimus 1.5%	Pselionema 1.3%
Linhystera 1.2%	Linhystera 1.4%	Acantholaimus 1.1%	Molgolaimus 1.5%	Quadricoma 1.3%
Molgolaimus 1.0%	Manganonema 1.4%	Desmoscolex 1.1%	Nox 1.1%	Campylaimus 1.3%
Eudraconema 1.0%	Rhips 1.1%	Linhystera 1.1%	Desmoscolex 1.1%	Actinonema 1.0%
Campylaimus 1.0%	Eudraconema 1.1%		Amphimonhystera 1.1%	Desmodora 1.0%
	Pselionema 1.1%			Molgolaimus 1.0%
				Metadesmolaimus 1.0%
				Southerniella 1.0%

The genera are listed in order of dominance at each station.