Table 1. Accompanying fauna.
| TAXA | SSS | EBJ | EBS | TAXA | SSS | EBJ | EBS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORIFERA | BRYOZOA | ||||||
| Cladocroce fibrosa | X | X | Bryozoa sp.1 | X | |||
| Demospongiae sp.1 | X | X | Kinetoskias cf. smithii | X | |||
| Demospongiae sp.2 | X | X | ANNELIDA | ||||
| Demospongiae sp.3 | X | X | Polychaeta sp.1 | X | X | X | |
| Demospongiae sp.4 | X | Polychaeta sp.2 | X | ||||
| Demospongiae sp.5 | X | Polychaeta sp.3 | X | ||||
| Demospongiae sp.6 | X | MOLLUSCA | |||||
| Demospongiae sp.7 | X | Bathypolypus sp.1 | X | ||||
| Demospongiae sp.8 | X | Solenogastres sp.1 | X | ||||
| Demospongiae sp.9 | X | X | Spondylus gussonii | X | X | ||
| Demospongiae sp.10 | X | Todarodes sagittatus | X | ||||
| Demospongiae sp.11 | X | CRUSTACEA | |||||
| Demospongiae sp.12 | X | Ampelisca sp.1 | X | ||||
| Farrea sp.1 | X | Aristeus antennatus | X | X | |||
| Lithistida sp. 1 | X | Bathynectes maravigna | X | ||||
| Leiodermatium pfeifferae | X | X | X | Geryon trispinosus | X | X | |
| Poecillastra amygdaloides | X | Meganycthiphanes norvegica | X | X | |||
| Poecillastra compressa | X | Munida spp. | X | X | X | ||
| Pachastrella monilifera | X | X | Mysidacea spp. | X | X | ||
| Rhizaxinella pyrifera | X | Pandalidae spp. | X | X | |||
| Stylocordyla pellita | X | X | X | Pagurus sp.1 | X | ||
| Sympagella sp.1 | X | X | Paromola cuvieri | X | X | X | |
| Tretodyctium tubulosum | X | X | Plesionika gigliolii | X | X | ||
| Thenea muricata | X | Plesionika martia | X | X | X | ||
| CNIDARIA | ECHINODERMATA | ||||||
| Bebryce mollis | X | Cidaris cidaris | X | ||||
| Callogorgia verticillata | X | Crinoidea spp. | X | ||||
| Caryophyllia calveri | X | Leptometra phalangium | X | X | |||
| Caryophyllia sp.1 | X | X | X | Peltaster placenta | X | ||
| Desmophyllum dianthus | X | PISCES | |||||
| Hormathia alba | X | Chaulodius sloani | X | ||||
| Hydrozoa sp.1 | X | Coelorhynchus caelorhynchus | X | ||||
| Hydrozoa sp.2 | X | X | X | Conger conger | X | ||
| Hydrozoa sp.3 | X | Epigonus constanciae | X | ||||
| Hydrozoa sp.4 | X | Galeus melastomus | X | ||||
| Hydrozoa sp.5 | X | Helicolenus dactylopterus | X | X | X | ||
| Muriceides lepida | X | Hoplostethus mediterraneus | X | ||||
| Nicella granifera | X | X | Hymenocephalus italicus | X | |||
| Savalia savaglia | X | Lampanyctus crocodilus | X | ||||
| Scleranthellia sp.1 | X | Lepidion eques | X | ||||
| Scyphozoa sp.1 | X | Nezumia aequalis | X | X | |||
| Solmissus albescens | X | X | Phycis blennoides | X | X | X | |
| Epizoanthus sp.1 | X | Polyacanthonotus rissoanus | X | ||||
| Zoanthidae sp.1 | X | Polyprion americanus | X |
List (presence/absence) of the most common animals identified in association with the lithistid populations during ROV surveys at SSS, EBJ, and EBS.