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MYSIDACEA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA

Fig. 9. Gastrosaccus normani G. O. Sars, adult male,

length of adults 11 mm. (From Tattersall and

Tattersall, 1951).

Gastrosaccus normani G. O. Sars, fullvaksið kalldýr,

longd á fullvaksnum 11 mm. (Frá Tattersall and

Tattersall, 1951).

figs. 33, 34A).

Previous records: None.

BIOFAR stations: 73, 77, 78, 681.

Area: The top of Faroe Bank (Fig. 6).

Depth range: 99 - 185 m.

Temperature: measured at one stn, 7.9 °C; estimated

range 7.4 - 10.9 °C.

Water mass: AW.

Bottom type: Fine to coarse shell-sand.

Atlantic distribution: Coastal and shelf species

distributed from Scotland to the Atlantic coast of

Morocco; the Faroes; Rockall Bank (Fraser, 1970); the

western Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea and Black Sea

(Mauchline, 1971; 1986).

Atlantic depth range: Shallow to 183 m, hyperbenthic.

Boreomysis tridens G. O. Sars, 1870

Synonyms: Boreomysis tricornis G. O. Sars (1885)

(lapsus calami); Pseudanchialus megalolepis Caullery

(1896).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 128,

figs. 19A, 20, 21A).

Previous records:«Thor«, 61° 08' N, 9° 28' W, 820 m

and in 61° 15' N, 9° 35' W, 940 m (Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: 517, 525, 696, 9003.

Areas: In deep water northwest of the Faroe Bank,

west of Lousy Bank, and southwest of the Wyville-

Thomson Ridge (Fig. 10).

Depth range: 820 - 1414 m.

Temperature: measured at 2 stns, 1.3 and 4.5 °C;

estimated range 1.8 - 7.2 °C.

Water masses: AW (2 stns), AW/AI (3 stns), and

AW/AI/NW(1 stn).

Atlantic distribution: From ca. 70° N, Norway to Gulf

of Gascogne (Lagardere and Nouvel, 1980a); the

Faroes; south and west of Iceland; from western

Greenland to New England.

Atlantic depth range: 150 - 2375 m, hyperbenthic (T.

Brattegard, unpublished).

Subfamily Gastrosaccinae

Genus Gastrosaccus Norman, 1 {

Gastrosaccus normani G. O. Sars, 1877

(Fig. 9)

Synonym: Haplostylus normani Kossmann (1880).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 168,

Subfamily Mysinae

Tribe Erythropini

Genus Amblyops G. O. Sars, 1872

Amblyops abbreviata (M. Sars, 1869) (Fig.

11)

Synonyms: Pseudomma abbreviatum M. Sars (1869);

Amblyopsis abbreviatum G. O. Sars (1869).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 247,

figs. 56, 57).

Previous records: None.

BIOFAR stations: 62, 65, 495, 496, 522, 694.

Areas: The upper slope west of the Faroes: between

Faroe Bank and Bill Bailey Bank, the northwestern

slope of Bill Bailey Bank, and the western slope of

Lousy Bank (Fig. 6).

Fig. 11. Amblyops abbreviata (M. Sars), adult male,

length ofadults 10-18 mm. (From Tattersall and

Tattersall, 1951).

Amblyops abbreviata (M. Sars), kalldýr, longd á

fullvaksnum 10-18 mm. (Frá Tattersall and Tattersall,

1951).