Table 1 List of taxa and importance value index (IVI) of the species of planktonic cnidarians

Diphyes dispar Chamisso and Eysenhardt, 1821^a

193.33

Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso and Eysenhardt, 1821)^a

157.92

Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1829)^a

134.53

Aglaura hemistoma Péron and Lesueur, 1810^a

132.54

Muggiaea kochi (Will, 1844)^a

127.11

Chelophyes appendiculata (Eschscholtz, 1829)^a

115.57

Eudoxoides mitra (Huxley, 1859)^a

103.12

Abylopsis spp.^a

100.72

Bassia bassensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)^a

98.25

Nanomia bijuga (delle Chiaje, 1844)^a

95.58

Lensia cossack Totton, 1941^a

90.27

Eudoxoides spiralis (Bigelow, 1911)^a

87.38

Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)^a

85.36

Enneagonum hyalinum Quoy and Gaimard, 1827^a

75.85

Agalma okeni Eschscholtz, 1825^a

74.05

Nausithoe punctata Kölliker, 1853

69.41

Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1857^a

68.16

Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1857^a

64.41

Sulculeolaria chuni (Lens and van Riemsdijk, 1908)^a

58.78

Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941^a

58.05

Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886)^a

53.62

Corymorpha gracilis (Brooks, 1822)

50.04

Amphicaryon spp.^a

49.35

Eirene pyramidalis (Agassiz, 1862)

44.33

Zanclea spp.

39.32

Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859)

39.32

Halitiara formosa Fewkes, 1882

32.17

Lensia campanella (Moser, 1917)^a

32.17

Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934)^a

32.17

Hippopodius hippopus (Forskål, 1776)^a

29.32

Lizzia alvarinoae Segura, 1980

25.02

Amphinema dinema (Péron and Lesueur, 1810)

19.21

Lensia fowleri (Bigelow, 1911)^a

17.87

Persa incolorata McCrady, 1857^a

17.87

Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)^a

15.85

Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857

15.64

Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863)

14.30

Obelia spp.

14.30

Rosacea cymbiformis (delle Chiaje, 1830)^a

11.04

Anthothecata sp. 1

10.72

Eucheilota duodecimalis A. Agassiz, 1862

10.72

Clytia sp.

10.72

Sulculeolaria turgida (Gegenbaur, 1853)^a

8.07

Sulculeolaria monoica (Chun, 1888)^a

8.04

Anthothecata sp. 2

7.15

Eirenidae sp.

7.15

Eucheilota ventricularis McCrady, 1859

7.15

Clytia folleata (McCrady, 1859)

7.15

Eutima gracilis (Forbes and Goodsir, 1853)

5.18

Bougainvillia platygaster (Haeckel, 1879)

5.03

Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)

5.03

Vogtia pentacantha Kölliker, 1853^a

4.77

Koellikerina fasciculata (Péron and Lesueur, 1810)

4.71

Ceratocymba sagittata Quoy and Gaimard, 1827^a

4.37

Cladonematidae sp.

3.57

Slabberia strangulata (McCrady, 1859)

3.57

Ectopleura dumortierii (Van Beneden, 1844)

3.57

Amphinema rugosum (Mayer, 1900)

3.57

Podocorynoides minima (Trinci, 1903)

3.57

Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835)

3.57

Eucheilota paradoxica Mayer, 1900

3.57

Clytia discoida (Mayer, 1900)

3.57

Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)^a

3.57

Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892^a

3.57

Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829^a

3.57

Cunina sp.^a

3.57

Anthothecata sp. 3

3.57

Narcomedusae sp.^a

3.57