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CAPRELLIDEA (CRUSTACEA; AMPHIPODA) í FØROYSKUM SJÓGVI,
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salinity range (34.88 - 35.30 0/00) and no
correlation could be found with this para-
meter.
During the BIOFAR program, C. ciliata
and P. norvegica were recorded for the first
time from Faroe Island waters. The bathy-
metric distribution has been extended for A.
spinosa, C. ciliata, P. marina and P. ingolfi.
Other material also extended the bathymet-
ric range for M. horrida.
The result of the BIOFAR program
sparked a BIOFAR II program, concentrat-
ing on the shallow water fauna. This pro-
gram is still in progress, but the material
collected so far indicates that the caprellid
fauna in shallow water is almost exclusive-
ly dominated by C. septentrionalis in any
of its morphological forms.
No new species of caprellids where
found in the area, but a dwarf variant of C.
liniaris was identified from station 322 and
542. Ovigous specimens of an unusual
small size were found, but dissection of
mouthparts showed no variation from that
of C. liniaris. There is, therefore, no basis
for erecting a new species. Specimens of C.
microtuberculata collected during the BIO-
FAR and BIOICE cruses indicate that C.
dubia Hansen, 1888 is a junior synonym of
C. microtuberculata (Larsen research in
progress). New information provided from
specimens of P. ingolfi collected from sta-
tion 478 (and BIOICE station 2501) has
provided a reevaluation of the systematic
position of this species (Larsen, 1996;
1997).
Acknowledgments
Funding for this research has been provided by the Dan-
ish Research Academy. I am grateful to Dr. N.N. Tait,
Macquarie University, for critical reading of the manu-
script. To Dr. O.S. Tendal for suggesting the work to be
done in the first place.
Contribution from the BIOFAR program
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