Replicate No. at each Station	Batch No.	Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Scientific Name	Quantity	Weight (g)	Average weight (g)
WS1-A	8948-33	Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Goniadidae	Goniada spp	2	0.0130	0.0065
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Pilargiidae	Pilargidae spp	3	0.1669	0.0556
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Flabelligeridae	Therochaeta spp	1	0.0251	0.0251
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Cirratulidae	Chaetozone spp	2	0.0559	0.0280
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Phyllodocida	Nereidae	Perinereis spp	3	0.0232	0.0077
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Nephtyidae	Aglaophamus inermis	2	0.0162	0.0081
		Arthropoda	Crustacea	Decapoda	Ocypodidae	Ocypode spp.	1	0.0380	0.0380
WS1-B	8948-34	Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Pilargiidae	Pilargidae spp	1	0.0337	0.0337
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Scolecida	Capitellidae	Mediomastus californiensis	1	0.0031	0.0031
		Nemertea	Anopla	Heteronemertea	Cerebratulidae	Cerebratulina spp	2	0.0305	0.0153
WS1-C	8948-35	Nemertea	Anopla	Heteronemertea	Lineidae	Lineus vegetus	9	0.0643	0.0071
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Spionidae	Minuspio cirrifera	3	0.1000	0.0333
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Phyllodocidae	Phyllodole fristedti	3	0.0181	0.0060
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Flabelligeridae	Therochaeta spp	1	0.0035	0.0035
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Scolecida	Paraonidae	Paradoneis spp	1	0.0042	0.0042
WS1-D	8948-36	Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Chaetopteridae	Phyllochactopterus spp	2	0.0097	0.0049
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Scolecida	Capitellidae	Mediomastus californiensis	1	0.0034	0.0034
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Flabelligeridae	Therochaeta spp	1	0.0039	0.0039
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Nephtyidae	Aglaophamus inermis	2	0.0226	0.0113
WS1-E	8948-37	Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Goniadidae	Goniada spp	1	0.0272	0.0272
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Scolecida	Capitellidae	Mediomastus californiensis	1	0.0194	0.0194
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Phyllodocida	Glyceridae	Glycera onomichiensis	1	0.0044	0.0044
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Flabelligeridae	Therochaeta spp	2	0.0175	0.0088
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Nephtyidae	Aglaophamus inermis	1	0.0320	0.0320
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Phyllodocidae	Phyllodole fristedti	1	0.0237	0.0237
		Arthropoda	Malacostraca	Decapoda	Alpheidae	Alpheus spp.	3	0.0428	0.0143
		Arthropoda	Crustacea	Decapoda	Macrophthalmidae	Macropthalmus spp	1	3.0930	3.0930
WS1-F	8948-38	Sipuncula	Sipunculidea	Golfingiida	Sipunculidae	Sipunculus nudus	1	0.1708	0.1708
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Flabelligeridae	Therochaeta spp	1	0.0040	0.0040
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Phyllodocida	Glyceridae	Glycera onomichiensis	5	0.4023	0.0805
		Arthropoda	Crustacea	Decapoda	Macrophthalmidae	Macropthalmus spp	1	0.0981	0.0981
		Chordata	Actinopterygii	Anguilliformes	Muraenidae	Gymnothorax spp	1	0.0115	0.0115
WS1-G	8948-39	Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Poecilochaetidae	Poecilochaetus spp	1	0.0048	0.0048
		Nemertea	Anopla	Heteronemertea	Cerebratulidae	Cerebratulina spp	1	0.0055	0.0055
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Phyllodocidae	Eteone spp	2	0.1207	0.0604
WS1-H	8948-40	Annelida	Polychaeta	Scolecida	Opheliidae	Ophelina grandis	1	0.0353	0.0353
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Aciculata	Sigalionidae	Leanira japonica	1	0.0059	0.0059
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Flabelligeridae	Therochaeta spp	2	0.0260	0.0130
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Cirratulidae	Chaetozone spp	1	0.0014	0.0014
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Canalipalpata	Spionidae	Minuspio cirrifera	1	0.0022	0.0022
		Annelida	Polychaeta	Scolecida	Paraonidae	Paradoneis spp	2	0.0143	0.0072
Remarks: (i)  Each station with 8 replicates (A-H);				(ii) No benthic organism was collected in station with ***