Echinoderms Collected from a Drifting Ice Island off the East Greenland Coast, with Comments on Their Distribution in Adjacent Waters
A collection of 127 echinoderms was made from the ice island Arlis II as it drifted southward along the east coast of Greenland. Sixteen species are represented: 2 crinoids, 4 asteroids, 8 ophiuroids, 1 echinoid, and 1 holothurian. Distributions of the animals are discussed in relation to their occu...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1967
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f67-070 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f67-070 |
| Summary: | A collection of 127 echinoderms was made from the ice island Arlis II as it drifted southward along the east coast of Greenland. Sixteen species are represented: 2 crinoids, 4 asteroids, 8 ophiuroids, 1 echinoid, and 1 holothurian. Distributions of the animals are discussed in relation to their occurrence in Greenland and adjacent waters. Of the species collected 14 are characteristic of the east Greenland marine fauna; two are characteristic of the basin floor of the northern North Atlantic and are not commonly found in east Greenland coastal waters, and two have been recorded from both regions. |
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