Náttúrufræðingurinn - 1972, Page 41

NÁTTÚRUFRÆÐINGURINN
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SUMMARY
New Echinoderms to the Icelandic Fauna
by
Sigfús A. Schopka
Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík.
The author describes four new species of Echinoderms which have recently
been caught within the 400 m depth limit at the west and southwest coast of
Iceland. (Fig. 1). Tliree of the species Peltaster nidarosiensis, Ophiomyxa
serpentaria and Calverosoma hystrix were all previously known from deeper
waters at the south coast. The finding of Peltaster nidarosiensis in rather
shallow waters (100—300 m) is of great interest, because this species has else-
where (Norway, Greenland and West-Indies) been recorded in deeper waters
only (470—960 m).
The fourth species Diplopteraster multipes has never been recorded before
in Icelandic waters, Imt is known frorn two neighbouring countries, Greenland
and Norway.
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