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MYSIDACEA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA

Fig. 12. Erythrops serrata

(G. O. Sars), adultfemale,

length ofadults 11 mm.

(From Tattersall and

Tattersall, 1951).

Erythrops serrata (G. O.

Sars), fullvaksið kvenndýr,

longd á fullvaksnum 11 mm.

(Frá Tattersall and Tattersall,

1951).

Erythrops serrata (G. O. Sars, 1863)

(Fig. 12)

Synonym: Nematopus serratus Sars (1863).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 189,

figs. 39, 40)

Previous records: None.

BIOFAR stations: 6, 7, 19, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 51, 65,

73, 74, 100, 158, 165, 174, 338, 355, 356, 357, 380,

381, 382, 411, 452, 690, 693, 9004.

BIOFAR2stn: 1160.

Areas: Most records are from the Faroe plateau. Also

present on the tops of Faroe Bank and Lousy Bank,

and on the southern slope of Faroe-Iceland Ridge.

Depth range: 48 - 885 m.

Temperature: measured at 6 stns, 6.5 to 8.6 °C;

estimated range 0.7 - 9.7 "C.

Water masses: AW (21 stns), AW/AI (7 stns), and AI

(1 stn).

Bottom type: Silt, sand, fine shell-sand.

Atlantic distribution: From Barents Sea to off southern

Ireland; the Faroes.

Atlantic depth range: 40 - 885 m, hyperbenthic (Fossá

and Brattegard, 1990).

Genus Meterythrops S. I. Smith, 1879

Meterythrops picta Holt and Tattersall,

1905 (Fig. 13)

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 209,

Fig. 13. Meterythrops picta Holt

and Tattersall, immature male,

length ofadults 13-15 mm.

(From Tattersatl and Tattersall,

1951).

Meterythrops picta Holt and

Tattersall, óbúgvið kalldýr, longd

á fullvaksnum 13-15 mm. (Frá

Tattersall and Tattersall, 1951).

figs. 45, 46).

Previous records: »Thor«, 60° 00' N, 10° 35' W

(Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: Not recorded by BIOFAR.

Area: South of Bill Bailey Bank.

Depth range: 1015 m.

Temperature: Unknown.

Water mass: AW/AI.

Atlantic distribution: South of the Faroes; widely

distributed in temperate waters of the North Atlantic

and the South Atlantic.

Atlantic depth range: 536 - 2196 m, meso- to

bathypelagic.

Genus Paramblyops Holt and Tattersall,

1905

Paramblyops bidigitata Tattersall, 1911

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 258,

fig. 61).

Previous records: None.

BIOFAR station: 9003.

Area: Southwest of the Wyville-Thomson ridge.

Depth range: 1414 m.

Temperature: measured, 4.5 °C; estimated range 4.4 -

5.6 °C.

Water mass: AW/AI.

Bottom type: Soft bottom.

Atlantic distribution: Southwest of the Faroes to

southwestofIreland(50°48'N, 11°41'W, 1647 m).