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ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEAIN THE FAROE AREA
Map 12. Records of Leptasterias mullerí (M. Sars) (•), Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson) (M), and Stichastrella
rosea (O.F. Miiller) (A) in the Faroe region.
Kort 12. Skrásetingar av Leptasterias miilleri (M. Sars) (•), Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson) (■) og
Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Miiller) (A) í føroyskum øki.
Water mass: AW, AW/AI, AI
World distribution: Kjelvik in Finnmark south to Os-
tervágen in Hordaland (Halldis Ringvold pers.
obs.), Øresund, probably also at the Doggerbank in
the North Sea, the Murman Coast (Clark and
Downey 1992). The species is also reported south-
west of Ireland and is probably common all around
the British Isles except the south coast, Svalbard,
Siberian Sea, Iceland and Greenland; on the north-
east American side south to 44 N and probably also
in the Bering Sea.
World bathymetrical range: 0 to c. 800 m (Mortensen
1927)
Remarks: In the genus Leptasterias, like the genus
Henricia, there are large taxonomical problems to
be solved.
Genus Stephanasterias Verrill, 1866
Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
(Map 12)
Synonyms: Asteracanthion albulus Stimpson 1853;
Stichaster albulus Verrill 1866
Reference to best description of the species: Clark and
Downey (1992: 454-455, Pl. 103c, d)
BioFar stations: 699 (1)
Bathymetrical range within the area: 864 m
Substrate: stones
Temperature: 0°C (measured)
Watermass: AI/NW
World distribution: Circumboreal: In the West At-
lantic south to the Caribbean; in the East Atlantic
in the Faroes; in the Pacific from the Bering Sea
south to the Sea of Japan, South Alaska.