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MYSIDACEA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA

Atlantic distribution: Frora Varangerfjorden, Norway

to Gulf ot' Gascogne (Nouvel and Lagardere, 1976);

the Faroes; Iceland (Astthorsson, 1985); Gulf of St.

Lawrence (Dunbar et al., 1980)

Atlantic depth range: 70 - 1327 m, hyperbenthic (Fossá

and Brattegard, 1990; T. Brattegard, unpublished).

Parerythrops spectabilis G. O. Sars, 1885

Good description: Sars (1885: 47, pl. 5, figs. 5-12).

Previous records: »Ingolf« Expedition, Stn 138, 63°

26' N, 7° 56' W, 885 m (Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: 15, 41, 82, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172,

189, 228, 264, 267, 424, 713, 714, 715, 9014.

Areas: On the lower slopes around the Faroe shelf and

the slopes of the Faroe-Iceland Ridge (Fig. 16).

Depth range: 498 - 899 m.

Temperature: measured at 17 stns, -0.95 to 2.2 °C.

Water masses: AI (3 stns), AI/NW (4 stns), and NW

(11 stns).

Bottom types: Silt, sand.

Atlantic distribution: Norwegian Sea; the Faroes;

eastern Greenland, and in the Denmark Strait off

northwest Iceland (Astthorsson, 1984).

Atlantic depth range: 248 - 1290 m, hyperbenthic (T.

Brattegard, unpublished).

Genus Pseudomma G. O. Sars, 1870

Meland and Brattegard ('l 995) present a revised

description of the genus and a key to the North Atlantic

species.

Pseudomma affine G. O. Sars, 1870 (Fig.

14 C)

Synonym: Identified as Pseudomma roseum by Holt &

Tattersall(1905: 145).

Good description: Meland and Brattegard (1995: 129,

figs. 15, 16). The description by Tattersall and

Tattersall (1951: 232, fig. 52) should be used with

caution, see below.

Previous records: »Thor«, 61° 08' N, 9° 8' W, 820 m

(Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: 10, 32, 62, 65, 68, 82, 100, 124,

158, 172, 262, 263, 267, 357, 380, 381, 416, 417, 421,

422, 424, 425, 452, 482, 483, 496, 500, 515, 518, 522,

524, 694, 696, 713, 714, 738, 9018.

Areas: On the shelf and upper slope of the Faroe shelf,

the western and south-eastern slopes of Faroe Bank,

the northern slopes of Bill Bailey Bank and Lousy

Bank, and on the top and the southern slope of Faroe-

Iceland Ridge.

Depthrange: 205- 1319 m.

Temperature: measured at 17 stns, -0.4 to 8.0 °C;

estimated range < 0 - 10 °C.

Water masses: AW (14 stns), AW/Al (6 stns), AI (7 stns),

AW/AI/NW (2 stns), AI/NW (5 stns), and NW (5 stns).

Bottom types: Silt, sand.

Atlantic distribution: Meland and Brattegard (1995)

have confirmed the presence of P. affine from Lofoten

to Stavanger, Norway; around the Faroes; south of

Iceland; Greenland. P. affine mentioned in reports

covering areas further south (Holt and Tattersall, 1905;

Tattersall and Tattersall, 1951; Mauchline, 1971;

Nouvel and Lagardere, 1976; Elizalde et al., 1993)

may be a variation of the more northern P. affine or

may even be a new species (Meland and Brattegard,

1995). Dunbar et al. (1980) reports P. affine from Gulf

of St. Lawrence.

Atlantic depth range: The confirmed depth range is 110

- 1319 m, hyperbenthic (Meland and Brattegard, 1995).

Pseudomma frigidum Hansen, 1908

Synonym: Wrongly identified as Pseudomma roseum

byOhlin(1901:77).

Good description: Meland and Brattegard (1995: 117,

figs. 1-7).

Previous records: »Ingolf« Expedition, Stn 138, 63°

26' N, T 56' W, 885 m,(Hansen, 1908).

BIOFAR stations: 167, 168, 169, 170,478,714,715.

Areas: In cold water on the northern and eastern slopes

of the Faroes.

Depth range: 560 - 1032 m.

Temperature: measured at 7 stns, -0.95 to 0.3 °C.

Water masses: AI/NW (1 stn) and NW (7 stns).

Bottom types; Silt, sand.

Atlantic distribution: Confined to cold water in the

Norwegian Sea; the Faroes; the coast of eastern

Greenland, and the Denmark Strait off north-west

Iceland (Astthorsson, 1984).

Atlantic depth range: 77 - 2681 m (see above under

Amblyops abbreviata), hyperbenthic (T. Brattegard,

unpublished).