Asteriidae

Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), Zootaxa 2275, pp. 21-40 : 26-27

Fam: Asteriidae

Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)

Material: 15 specimens; stations: T5, T6, T7, T9, T12, S6, S8; depth: 1-25 m; substrates: rocks, stones. Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003). Literature records for Montenegro: Stjepčević (1974).

Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material: 70 specimens; stations: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T11, T12, S1, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S11, S14, S15, S16, t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7; depth: 0-80 m; substrates: rocks, stones, sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1937, 1938, 1940), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Milojević (1979, 1982, 1986), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Very numerous on various substrates within studied stations.