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THE OCCURENCE OF TWO SPECIES OF THE FAMILY PRIAPULIDAE IN FAROESE WATERS
number of Priapulus caudatus from three
shallow-water localities in the Faroes. Seven
specimens from the muddy sand at the
beach at Viðareiði, one specimen from 43 m
depth in Funningsfjørður and also a single
specimen (noted as Priapulus caudatus Lam.
Var. antarcticus) at about 15 meters depth in
Klaksvik.
Nørrevang (1990) found two specimens
in Funningsfjørður at station FU07.
In this paper, we add 30 new stations
with 90 specimens. One of the samples (0.1
Station Number Sediment Lat-N-Start (deg-decimaldeg) Long-W-Start (deg-decimaldeg) Depth
167 1 - 62,7800 -3,5200 1032
169 1 - 62,6215 -3,5407 808
371 1 Clay 62,2833 -6,9167 80
372 2 Sand 62,2500 -6,9667 21
2211 1 Clay 62,12741 -6,73816 45
2212 1 Clay 62,12741 -6,73816 45
2215 2 Clay 62,14475 -6,7455 49
2216 2 Clay 62,14475 -6,7455 49
2391 5 Mixed 62,23902 -6,81663 13
2395 1 Mixed 62,23525 -6,81315 14
2396 3 Mixed 62,2408 -6,81017 17
2397 17 Mixed 62,24085 -6,810 17
2398 3 Mixed 62,23965 -6,80752 21
2399 2 Mixed 62,23962 -6,80713 19
2402 11 Mixed 62,23527 -6,80777 26
2403 3 Mixed 62,23528 -6,80785 26
2406 8 Mixed 62,23757 -6,8101 24
2409 0 Mixed 62,24112 -6,81557 6
2513 1 Silty clay 62,10705 -6,90277 30
2005233 1 Clay 62,06005 -6,87795 35
2006037 1 Mixed sand 61,46775 -6,78751 20
2006042 5 Silt 61,45703 -6,76463 20
2006046 1 Silt 61,45255 -6,77285 17
2006047 2 Gravelly sand 61,4526 -6,77391 15
2008032 1 Clay 62,18226 -6,71703 No info
2008033 2 Clay 62,1823 -6,71731 No info
2008034 3 Clay 62,17815 -6,71843 39
2008036 5 Clay 62,176133 -6,72543 37
2008048 1 Gravelly sand 62,27310 -6,94083 35
2008074 1 Sandy clay 62,05998 -6,8003 39
ZOF-1 7 Mud sandy 62,358887 -6,543405 0
ZOF-2 1 - 62,274193 -6,944777 43
ZOF-3 1 - 62,238972 -6,594800 15
Table 1. All stations with Priapulus caudatus from Faroese waters. ZOF = Zoology of the Faroes (Wesenberg-
Lund, 1928).