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ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEAIN THE FAROE AREA
Map 1. Records ofLuidia ciliaris (Philippi) (A), and L. sarsi Diiben and Koren (•) in the Faroe region.
Kort 1. Skrásetingar av Luidia ciliaris (Philippi) (A) og L. sarsi Diiben and Koren (•) í føroyskum øki.
coast of Møre in Norway, Storegga (Ringvold pers.
obs.), and from the Faroe Bank south to Cape
Blanc, Mauritania, the Azores and the Mediter-
ranean (Clark and Downey 1992).
World bathymetrical range: 9 - 1,300 m
Remarks: The BioFar stations are all at the Faroe
Plateau.
Family ASTROPECTINIDAE
Genus Asteropecten Gray, 1840
Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms: Asterias irregularis Pennant 1777; Aster-
ias aranciaca O.F. Mtiller 1776
Reference to best descriptions of the species:
Mortensen (1927: 57-58, Fig. 32 ); Clark and
Downey (1992: 37-38, Pl. 10A, B)
BioFar stations: 8 (4), 19 (5), 72 (1), 90 (1), 103 (2),
154 (2), 158 (2), 164 (1), 165 (2), 204 (2), 235 (2),
319 (1), 322 (4), 323 (2), 325 (1), 333 (1), 349 (1),
355 (5), 356 (2), 357 (6), 359 (5), 363 (15), 390
(1) , 456 (1), 470 (1), 494 (1), 510 (2), 512 (1), 519
(2) , 538 (1), 543 (8), 544 (1), 600 (1), 602 (2), 603
(1), 620 (1), 621 (1), 691 (1), 724 (1), 763 (6), 764
(1), 765 (1), 776 (11), 777 (1), 778 (1)
Other records: south of Munken, south-west of
Mykines Island and south of Nolsøy; also found at
the Faroe Bank (Lieberkind 1929); between Scot-
land and the Faroe Bank (Bell 1892)
Bathymetrical range within the area: 32-703 m (main-
ly: 32 - 350 m)
Substrate: sand, shell-sand, gravel, pebbles
Temperature: 6.6° - 7.9°C (measured); estimated: 3.2°
- 9.1°C
Water mass: AW, AW/AI
World distribution: Norwegian coast south to Moroc-
co and Cape Verde Islands, Rockall Bank.
World bathymetrical range: 10-1,000 m