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Pacific Arctic Benthic Species
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Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817)

Size
Length to 51 mm. Adults usually 30-35 mm.

Color
White. Periostracum very dark brown to almost black in adults; light brown in juveniles.

Habitat
Infaunal mainly, on different types of sediments from silty to sandy sediments, often with gravel or stones.

Depth
From 2 to about 3000 m deep, but mainly in sublittoral.

Feeding
Suspension feeder.

Life cycle
Development without pelagic larvae.

Distribution
The species is distributed from the Arctic south to Japan, the Aleutians, Massachusetts Bay and the northern North Sea.
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