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						REYÐÆTI AV SLAGNUM MYSIDACEA A LANDGRUNNINUM

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BIOFAR stations: 60, 126, 176, 693.

BIOFAR 2 station: 1160.

Areas: Between the Faroe Islands and on the top of

Lousy Bank.

Depth range: 35 - 290 m.

Temperature: measured at one stn, 8.0 °C; estimated

range 5.0 - 10.4 °C.

Water mass: AW.

Atlantic distribution: Coastal and shelf species, from

Lofoten, Norway to Gulf of Gascogne (Lagardere and

Nouvel, 1980b); the Faroes; off Larache, Morocco

(Lagardere, 1972); Mediterranean.

Atlantic depth range: 11 - 494 m, hyperbenthic.

Genus Mysideis G. O. Sars, 1869

Mysideis insignis (G. O. Sars, 1864) (Fig.

18B)

Synonyms: Mysis insignis Sars (1864); Mysidopsis

hibernica Norman (1892).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 311,

figs. 79, 80).

Previous records: None.

BIOFAR stations: 27, 32, 51, 62, 65, 70, 100, 452,

496,518,519,9004.

Areas: On the Faroe plateau and in upper slope water

north and west of the Faroes, west and north of Faroe

Bank, and on the top and the northern slope of Lousy

Bank.

Depth range: 225 - 515 m.

Temperature: measured at one stn, 8.0 °C; estimated

range4.0- 10.0 °C.

Water masses: AW (11 stns) and AW/AI (1 stn).

Bottom types: soft bottom, sand, fine shell-sand.

Atlantic distribution: From western Finnmark, Norway

to Bay of Biscay; the Faroes; south of Iceland.

Atlantic depth range: 91 - 1318 m, hyperbenthic.

Genus Mysidopsis G O. Sars, 1864

Mysidopsis didelphys (Norman, 1863) (Fig.

19)

Synonym: Mysis didelphys Norman (1863).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 317,

figs. 81,82).

Previous records: None.

BIOFAR stations: 6, 7, 19, 27, 28, 29, 32, 51, 52, 60,

62, 65, 70, 72, 73, 98, 100, 165, 176, 356, 359, 518,

688, 690, 693, 9004.

BIOFAR 2 station: 1160.

Fig. 18. A. Leptomysis gracilis (G. O. Sars), adult

female, length ofadults 8-13 mm; B. Mysideis insignis

(G. O. Sars), adult female, length ofadults 15-25 mm;

C. Praunus inermis (Rathke), adult female, length of

adults 11-18 mm; D. Schistomysis ornata (G. O.

Sars), adultfemale, length ofadults 19 mm. (Allfrom

Tattersall andTattersall, 1951).

A. Leptomysis gracilis (G. O. Sars), fullvaksið

kvenndýr, longd á fullvaksnum 8-13 mm; B. Mysideis

insignis (G. O. Sars), fullvaksíð kvenndýr, longd á

fullvaksnum 15-25 mm; C. Praunus inermis (Rathke),

fullvaksið kvenndýr, longd á fullvaksnum 11-18 mm:

D. Schistomysis ornata (G. O. Sars), fullvaksið

kvenndýr, longd á fullvaksnum 19 mm.. (011 frá

Tattersall and Tattersall, 1951).