Rhombognathides pascens (Lohmann, 1889)

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Rhombognathides pascens (Lohmann, 1889)

Syn.: Aletes pascens Lohmann, 1889

Rhombognathus pascens - Trouessart 1889

Rhombognathus (Rhombognathides) pascens - Viets 1927

Report associated with echinoderms – This species was reported among sediments inhabited by Cucumaria sp. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) and algae Desmarestia sp. from Bergen (Rylands Sund), Norway at 20 m depth ( Viets 1928); among sediments inhabited by Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea), Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767) (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) and algae Delesseria sp. from Bergen (Herdla Sund), Norway at 10 m depth ( Viets 1928); also reported on the stone and mud floor sea basin inhabiting holothurians Parastichopus tremulus (Gunnerus, 1767) [syn.: Stichopus tremulus (Gunnerus, 1767) ], Bathyplotes natans (M. Sars, 1868) , Mesothuria intestinalis (Ascanius, 1805) (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) from Bergen, Norway at 400 m depth ( Viets 1928).

Remarks – This species was found in eastern and western North Atlantic, Baltic, and Black Sea among intertidal, subtidal algae and other substrata; also found in brackish water ( Newell 1947; Green and MacQuitty 1987; Abé 1998; Bartsch 1996b, 2009).