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SIPUNKULA-ORMAR í FØROYSKUM SJÓØKI
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General distribution: Boreal-tropical eurybathic
species (depth range: 10-2380 m). Atlantic distribution:
From Iceland to Cape Verde Isles, coast of Norway,
Bergenfjord, Lofoten, west coast of Ireland, coast of
the British Isles, North Sea, Gulf of Biscay, Atlantic
coast of USA from Florida to Cape Hatteras (24-34°N);
Mediterranean: Ligurian Sea, coast of Israel; Pacific
Ocean; Indian Ocean.
Onchnesoma steenstrupii steenstrupii Ko-
ren & Danielssen, 1875
Good description: Thóel (1905:93-96, pl. 10, figs.151-
152; pl. 11, figs. 157-172; pl. 13, ftg. 185).
Previous records: Bruntse and Tendal (2001).
BIOFAR stations: 32, 33, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 132, 158,
223, 483, 542, 543, 765, 777, 778, 779 (17 stations and
410 specimens in total), fig. 4.
Temperature: 0.60 - 8.10 °C. Salinity: 34.95-35.20%c.
Depth range: 68-405 m.
Bottom type: mainly coarse sediments, also silt, sand,
sabulous clay, gravel, shell.
General distribution: Tropical-temperate eurybathic
species (depth range 0-3362m). Bay of Suez, Red and
Arabian seas, Indian Ocean, South Africa, Chatham
Rise,West Auslralia, NewGuinea.NewZealand Plateau.
Cook Strait, Tasman Sea; Atlantic distribution: Iceland
(?), Norwegian coast, Trondheimfjord, north of Lofoten,
Great British Isles, North Sea, Kattegat, Skagerrak,
northern coast of France, off the Portugal coast, Bay of
Biscay, Spanish waters, Canary Isles, Mauritania coast,
Guinea Gulf, off the Ivory Coast, near Angola and
Congo, eastern coast of USA from 30 to 40° N.
Mediterranean: Alboran Sea; Spanish, French, Italian
coasts; Tyrrhenian, Ligurian, Adriatic, Aegean Seas.
Often found in rather large numbers.
Phascolion (Phascolioit) strombus strom-
bus (Montagu, 1804)
Synonyms: numerous, see Murina (1977: 262); Cutler
(1994: 130-131).
Good description: Theel (1905: 86-89, pl. 6, figs. 85-95;