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152 SOLITARY ASCIDIANS (TUNICATA, ASCIDIACEA
AND SORBERACEA) OF THE FAROES
Figure 26. BIOFAR records of Styela atlantica •, S. gelatinosa •, S. theeli O, and Cnemidocarpa
mortenseni •
Previous records: "Thor ’’ 1899: Between Stong and Eyst-
nes 180 m (Hartmeyer, 1912). "Beskytteren Lo-
cality not specifíed (identification by Miiller in 1902,
(Hartmeyer, 1923)). "Michael Sars", 1902:Eastem
slope of the Faroe-Iceland Ridge 550 m (64°58'N;
11°12'W); Faroe Bank 151 m (60°46'N;8°10'W)
(Bjerkan, 1905). “Beskytteren ” 1926: North of the
Faroes70m; offGøtuvík (62°09'N;6°37'W); Skúvoy
54-75 m (Ámbáck-Christie-Linde, 1952).
BIOFAR stations (number of individuals in parentheses):
152(1); 156(1); 269(3); 279(2); 1234(3); 1616(1);
1628(8); 1632(1); 1663(2); 1664(1); 1665(98).
BIOFAR area: Coastal records; on the platcau (Dala-
grynnan; SuðuroyarBanki; SandoyarBanki); Faroe-
Iceland Ridge (Fig. 28).
BIOFAR depth range: 5-510 m.
BIOFAR temperatures: Estimated range 2.9 to 7.0 °C.
BIOFAR water mass: Mainly AW.
North Atlantic/Nordic Seas distribution: Svalbard; Bear
Island; coast of Norway (predominantly northern
part); Faroes; lceland; coasts ofGreenland; northem
North America.
Figure 27. Dendrodoa aggregata (from Millar,
1966).
General distribution: D. aggregata is widely distributcd
in Arctic- and boreal waters. In the Arctic the species
is circum-polar (Van Name, 1945) occurring also m
the Bering Sea, where it is one of the most comnion
ascidians (Sanamyan, 2000), and in the Sea ol