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ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEA í FØROYSKUM ØKI
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World bathymetrical range: 33 - 2,300 m.
Remarks: This is the first record of the species from
the eastem Atlantic. The specimen was small,
R=25 mm.
Genus Stichastrella Verrill, 1914
Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Miiller, 1776)
(Map 12)
Synonym: Asterias rosacea O.F. Miiller 1776
Reference to best description of the species:
Mortensen (1927: 136, Fig. 77); Clark and Downey
(1992: 456-457, Pl. 103e, f)
BioFar stations: 90 (2), 319 (1), 505 (2), 507 (1), 515
(1), 526(1)
Other records: Rockall Trough (Gage et al., 1985);
SW of Ireland (Bell 1892)
Bathymetrical range within the area: 252 - 700 m
Substrate: sand, gravel, stones
Temperature: 7.9° - 8.6°C (measured)
Watermass: AW
World distribution: From Ingøy in Finnmark (Halldis
Ringvold pers. obs.) south to southem Norway,
west to NE England and Scotland, the Faroes and
west of the British Isles, Rockall Bank and south to
the Bay of Biscay.
World bathymetrical range: 4 m (Clark and Downey
1992); to 700 m (BioFar)
Remarks: The species is new to the Faroes. Farran
(1913) described a variety S. rosea var. ambigua
with more stout, tapering arms than the nominal
form. The variety is also recorded deeper than S.
rosea rosea. Mortensen (1927) is of the opinion
that the two varieties are synonyms while Clark
(Clark and Downey 1992) raises ambigua to spe-
cific rank and gives a record of S. ambigua from
the SW of the Faroe Islands. The specimens
recorded during BioFar had the appearance of a
typical S. rosea.
Family BRISINGIDAE
Genus Brisinga Asbjømsen, 1856
Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856
Reference to best description of the species:
Mortensen (1927: 125-125, Fig. 73)
BioFar stations: 297 (1), 515 (1)
Other records: Between Shetland and the Faroes (Bell
1892); Faroe-Shetland Ridge (Mortensen 1927);
south of the Faroe-Shetland Ridge (Murray and
Hjort 1912); Porcupine Seabight (Farran 1913)
Bathymetrical range within the area: 656 - 700 m
Substrate: sand, gravel
Temperature: 2.0° - 7.9 °C (estimated)
Watermass: AW, AW/AI, AI
World distribution: The Trondheim Fjord south to
Cape Verde (Mortensen 1927)
World bathymetrical range: 183 - 2,220 m (Clark and
Downey 1992).
Genus Novodinia Dartnell, Pawson, Pope
and Smith, 1969
Fig. 7. Novodinia pandina (Sladen), diameter up to
460 mm ( Mortensen 1927).
Mynd 7. Novodinia pandina (Sladen), tvørmát upp í
460 mm (Úr Mortensen 1927).