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The paper presents information about the first record of the sea star, Porania pulvillus (Poraniidae family), in the Barents Sea. The data on the location, date of the finding, depth at this location, a picture and a brief description of the captured specimen are given. Possible causes of the appearance of this species in the Barents Sea are analyzed.
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Original Russian Text © D.V. Zakharov, N.A. Anisimova, A.M. Stepanenko, 2016, published in Rossiiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invazii, 2016, No. 3, pp. 23–27.
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Zakharov, D.V., Anisimova, N.A. & Stepanenko, A.M. First record of the sea star Porania pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) in Russian part of the Arctic. Russ J Biol Invasions 7, 321–323 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S207511171604010X
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