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ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEA IN THE FAROE AREA
Novodinia cf.pandina (Sladen, 1889)
(Fig. 7)
Synonym: Odinia pandina Sladen 1889
Reference to best description of the species:
Mortensen (1927: 124-125, Fig. 72); Clark and
Downey (1992: 474-475, Pl. 11 la-c)
BioFar stations: 806 (1), 807 (1)
Other records: Faroe Channel by “Lightning” and
“Porcupine” (Mortensen 1927)
Bathymetrical range within the area: 352 - 370 m
Substrate: soft bottom
Temperature: 1.1 - 5.5°C (Mortensen 1927)
Watermass: AW/AI, AI, AI/NW
World distribution: North Carolina, off Cuba, Faroe
Channel and Hebridean Slope (Clark and Downey
1992); Rockall Trough, Iceland-Faroe Ridge
World bathymetrical range: 278 - 990 m
Remarks: The distribution of N. pandina and N. semi-
coronata is overlapping in the North Atlantic, but
N. semicoronata is also found in South Greenland
and in the Denmark Strait.
Conclusions
A total of 2,287 specimens spread over 42
species, 32 genera and 16 families were
found at 40% of the BioFar stations (316
stations with 790 deployments of sampling
gear). The number of species includes
species and species groups from the genera
Odontaster and Henricia.
Of the 42 species found, 30 are not
recorded in Zoology of the Faroes by
Lieberkind (1929). However, 20 of them
are recorded from deep water near the
Faroe Islands by Sladen (1883), Bell
(1892), Murray and Hjort (1912),
Mortensen (1924), Madsen (1987), and
Clark and Downey (1992):
Species
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Bathybiaster vexillifer
Brisinga endecacnemos
Ceramaster granularis
Chondraster grandis
Crossaster squamatus
Diplopteraster multipes
Henricia perforata-
gruppen
Hymenaster pellucidus
Korethraster hispidus
Leptychaster arcticus
Lophaster furcifer
Luidia ciliaris
Novodinia pandina X
Plutonaster bifrons X
Pontaster tenuispinus X
Poraniomorpha bidens
Poraniomorpha borealis
Poraniomorpha hispida
Pseudarchaster parelii
Psilaster andromeda X
Pteraster militaris
Zoroaster fulgens X
X
X X
X X
X
XXX
X X
X
X X
X
X
X X
X
X
X
X X
X
X X
X
X X
Neomorphaster margaritaceus, Novo-
dinia cf. pandida, Odontaster sp., Pedicel-
laster typicus, Pseudarchaster gracilis,
Pteraster (Apterodon) sp. aff. Pteraster
acicula, Pteraster obscurus, Pteraster pul-
villus, Stephanasterias albula, Stichastrella
rosea and Tremaster mirabilis are for the
flrst time recorded in the Faroe Islands.
Many of the species seem to tolerate a
wide range in bottom temperature, as 15
species are distributed in all the main cate-
gories of water masses. Ten species are
found only in Atlantic Water and two
species only in Norwegian Sea water. One
of the species, Luidia ciliaris, are found
only at the Faroe Bank, while 31 species are