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						REYÐÆTI AV SLAGNUM MYSIDACEA A LANDGRUNNINUM

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Areas: Between the Faroe Islands, on the Faroe

plateau, and on the tops of Faroe Bank, Bill Bailey

Bank, and Lousy Bank.

Depth range: 35 - 423 m.

Temperature: measured at 2 stns, 6.6 and 7.9 °C;

estimated range 5-11 °C.

Water masses: AW (25 stns) and AW/AI (2 stns).

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

Atlantic distribution: From Lofoten, Norway to Golf of

Gascogne (Lagardere and Nouvel, 1980b); the Faroes.

Atlantic depth range: 20 - 1100 m, hyperbenthic (Fossá

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

Genus Praunus Leach, 1814

Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) (Fig. 18 C)

Synonyms: Mysis inermis Rathke (1843); Mysis

cornuta Krøyer (1861); Mysis truncatula Sars (1864);

Macromysis inermis Norman (1892).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 388,

figs. 105, 106).

Previous records: Several records in shallow water, see

Stephensen (19,29).

BIOFAR stations: Not recorded by BIOFAR.

BIOFAR 2 stations: 1385, 1414, 1430, 1436, 1452,

1458, 1484, 1485, 1497, 1521, 1551, 1554, 1580,

1591, 1619,1622, 1641.

Area: Faroe Islands, near-shore species, especially

common in kelp forests.

Depth range: 0 - 28 (-35) m.

Temperature: No data, but probably > 6.5° C.

Water mass: AW.

Bottom types: Rocky or stony bottoms with large

algae, especially Laminaria spp.

Atlantic distribution: From the White Sea to Roscoff,

Brittany; the Faroes.

Atlantic depth range: Shallow water species preferring

the phytal region, hyperbenthic.

Fig. 19. Mysidopsis didelphys (Norman),

adult male, length ofadults 16 mm.

(From Tattersall and Tattersall, 1951).

Mysidopsis didelphys (Norman), fullvaksið kalldýr,

longd á fullvaksnum 16 mm. (From Tattersall and

Tattersall, 1951).

Previous records: Near Sørvágur, Vágar, 24 m

(Stephensen, 1929).

BIOFAR 2 stations: 1150, 1160, 1214.

Areas: Between the Faroe Islands, on the Faroe

plateau, and on the tops of Faroe Bank and Bill Bailey

Bank (Fig. 20).

Depth range: 11 - 407 m.

Temperature: measured at 3 stns, 7.7 to 8.0 °C;

estimated range 5 - 10 °C.

Water masses: AW (20 stns) and AW/AI (1 stn).

Bottom types: silt, shell-sand.

Atlantic distribution: From Lofoten, Norway to Bay of

Biscay; west coast of Africa; the Faroes; south of

Iceland.

Atlantic depth range: 6 - 407 m, hyperbenthic (T.

Brattegard, unpublished).

Genus Schistomysis Norman, 1892

Schistomysis ornata (G. O. Sars, 1864)

(Fig. 18D)

Synonyms: Mysis ornata Sars (1864); Paramysis

ornata Zimmer (1933).

Good description: Tattersall and Tattersall (1951: 369,

figs. 97, 100).

BIOFAR stations: 56, 60, 65, 76, 77, 78, 176, 192,

203, 355, 359, 408, 409, 544, 677, 681, 688, 9016.