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SOLITARY ASCIDIANS (TUNICATA, ASCIDIACEA
AND SORBERACEA) OF THE FAROES
Figure 38. BIOFAR records of Microcosmus glacialis • and Pyura tessellata o.
Genus: Pyura Molina, 1782
Pyura tessellata (Forbes, 1848)
Good description: Hartmeyer, 1923: 174-175; Millar,
1966:96, fig. 66.
Previous records: East of Suðuroy Bank, 283 m
(61°39'N;04°45'W); east of Suðuroy Bank, 283 m
(61 °39'N;04°45'W); south east of Nólsoy Bank, 158
m (61°04'N;05°50'W); east of Sandoy Bank, 229 m
(61°46'N;05°05'W) (Thompson, 1930).
BIOFAR stations (number of individuals in parentheses):
43(2); 156(7); 191 (1); 282(1); 286(1); 486(4); 589(4);
1664(1).
BIOFAR area: One coastal record; five records on the
plateau south east of the islands; one on the eastern
slope of Bill Bailey Bank; and one record on the
northem slope of the platcau (Fig. 38).
BIOFAR depth range: 15-272 m.
BIOFAR temperature: Unknown.
BIOFAR water mass: AW.
North Atlantic/Nordic Seas distribution: Southern part of
the Norwegian coast; western coast of Sweden; Belt;
Figure 39. Pyura tessellata (from Liitzen, 1967).
Kattegat; northem coast of France; southern and west-
em part of Great Britain; Ireland; Shetland; Faroes
(Millar, 1966).
General distribution: P. tessellata is recorded in the south-
ern part of the boreal eastem Atlantic, in the Lust-
tanian region, and in the Mediterranean Sea. In the
Meditcrranean it is only recordcd from the southern
coast of France.
General depth range: From the lower part of the shore
down to about 300 m (Millar, 1966).