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						REYÐÆTI AV SLAGNUM MYSIDACEA A LANDGRUNNINUM

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Larache, Morocco (Lagardere, 1972); the western

Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea.

Atlantic depth range: 32 - 500 m, hyperbenthic

(Mauchline, 1986; Fossá and Brattegard, 1990).

Suborder MYSIDA

Family PETALOPHTHALMIDAE

Genus Hansenomysis Stebbing, 1893

Hansenomysis fyllae (Hansen, 1887) (Fig. 5)

Synonym: Arctomysis fyllae Hansen (1887).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 114,

figs. 14-16).

Previous records: »Thor«, 61° 15' N, 9° 35' W and 61°

23' N, 5° 04' W (Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: 68, 120, 124, 172, 232, 267, 380,

416, 417, 421, 424, 425, 482, 694, 714, 738, 739, 742,

744, 9003, and 9018.

Areas: On the slopes to the west, north and east of the

Faroes, and south-west of the WyvíIIe-Thomson rídge

(Fig. 7).

Depth range: 425 - 1414 m

Temperature: measured at 3 stns, -1.1 to 8.1 °C;

estimated range < 0 - 9 °C.

Water masses: AW (3 stns), AW/AI (6 stns), AI (7

stns), AW/AI/NW (2 stns), AI/NW (2 stns), and NW (2

stns).

Fig. 5. Hansenomysis

fyllae (Hansen), adult

male, length ofadults 16-

17 mm. (From Tattersall

and Tattersall, 1951).

Hansenomysis fyllae

(Hansen), fullvaksið kall-

dýr, longd á fullvaksnum

16-17 mm. (Frá Tattersall

and Tattersall, 1951).

Bottom type: Mostly soft bottom.

Atlantic distribution: West of Ireland (51 ° N, 11 ° 40 '

W); the Faroes; southern and western Iceland; off

western Greenland. Also reported from western

Atlantic, 39° 52.25' N, 70° 55.5' W (Tattersall, 1951).

Atlantic depth range: 425 - 1750 m (Mauchline, 1982),

hyperbenthic.

Family MYSIDAE

Subfamily Boreomysinae

Genus Boreomysis G. O. Sars, 1869

Boreomysis arctica (Krøyer, 1861) (Fig. 8)

Fig. 8. Boreomysis arctica (Krøyer), adult fetnale,

length ofadults 27-28 mm. (From Tattersa.il and

Tattersall, 1951).

Boreomysis arctica (Krøyer), fullvaksið kvenndýr,

longd á fullvaksnum 27-28 mm. (Frá Tattersall and

Tattersall, 1951).

Synonyms: Mysis arctica Krøyer (1861); Arctomysis

arctica Czerníavsky (1887); Boreomysis tregouhoffi

Bacesco(1941).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 132,

figs. 19B,21B,22).

Previous records: »Thor«, 61° 15' N, 9° 35' W

(Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: 261, 262, 522, 696.

Areas: In deep water north of the Faroe Bank, Bill

Bailey Bank and Lousy Bank.

Depth range: 514 - 1319 m.

Temperature: measured at 3 stns, -0.4 to 6.7 °C;

estimated range < 0 - 9 °C.

Watermasses: AW (2 stns), AW/AI (1 stn),

AW/AI/NW (1 stn), and NW (1 stn).

Bottom type: Soft bottom.

Atlantic distribution: Eastern Atlantic from Malangen,

Norway to Bay of Biscay; Mediterranean; eastern

Greenland (Brandt 1997); western Greenland to New

England.