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XXIV.—Description of Mimaster, a new Genus of Asteroidea from the Faeröe Channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

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The area lying between the north of Britain and the Faeröe Islands is classical in the annals of Marine Zoology, not only from the fact that the first systematic deep-sea investigations undertaken by this country were carried out there, but also from the number of new and remarkable types of animal life which have been first found in that region. Speaking only of the Echinoderm fauna, in justification of these remarks, it will suffice to mention the discovery of such forms as Phormosoma and Porocidaris amongst Echinoids, and of Hymenaster, Korethraster and Zoroaster amongst Asteroids.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1882

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page 579 note * Exploration of the Faeröe Channel during the summer of 1880, in H.M. hired ship “Knight Errant,” by Staff-Commander Tizard, R.N., and Mr John Murray; with subsidiary Reports by various scientific men (Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xi. pp. 638719Google Scholar).

page 583 note * Bull. Mas. Comp. Zool., Harvard, vol. ix. No. 1, p. 17.