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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) í FØROYSKUM ØKI
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Genus Systellaspis Bate, 1888
Systellaspis debilis (A. Milne Edwards,
1881)
Synonym: Acanthephyra debilis A. Milne Edwards
(1881).
Good description: A. Milne Edwards (1881: 13, as
Acanthephyra debilis); Murray and Hjort (1912: 668,
pl. 3, fig. 3).
Previous records: None.
BIOFAR station: 704. The single, juvenile specimen
was probably caught in the water column because the
closing mechanism failed to close.
Area: Southwestern part of Faroe-Shetland Channel.
Depth: bottom depth at 1028 m.
Temperature: measured near bottom, -0.5 °C.
Bottom water mass: NW (1 stn).
Atlantic distribution: From south of Iceland and the
south-westem part of the Faroe-Shetland Channel (Stn
704) to 20° S, Namibia (Macpherson, 1991) and c. 33-
35° S, South Africa (Kensley, 1981); eastern Gulf of
Mexico (Flock and Hopkins, 1992).
Atlantic depth range: (10) 25-3000 m (Sivertsen and
Holthuis, 1956), usually 150-700 m (Omori, 1974),
meso- to bathypelagic, strong vertical migrant
(Hargreaves, 1985).
Family PASIPHAEIDAE
Genus Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816
Pasiphaea multidentata Esmark, 1866
Synonym: Pasiphaea tarda Kemp (1910: 39, pl. V.
figs. 8-11).
Goođ descriptions: Kemp (1910: 39, pl. V. figs. 8-11,
as Pasiphaea tardá); Sivertsen and Holthuis (1956: 27,
figs 19-21).
Previous records: »Thor«: »...twice south-west of the
Færoes, young-fish trawl, 820 and 900 meters wire
out...« (Hansen, 1908: as Pasiphae tarda). One record
south of the Faroes (Sund, 1913: fig. 1). »Michael
Sars«: Stn 79b (1902), 61° 07’ N, 7° 50’ W, 1100 m,
8.07 °C (Grieg, 1927). Six localities south-west of the
Faroes (Sivertsen and Holthuis, 1956: fig. 21).
BIOFAR stations: 68, 69, 124, 806. The specimens
were probably caught in the water column.
Areas: Northwest and east of Faroe Bank, the top and
southem slope of Faroe-Iceland Ridge.
Depth range: bottom depths at 300-1100 m .
Temperature: measured near bottom at one stn, 8.1 °C;
estimated range 1 - 9 °C.
Bottom water masses: AW (3 stns), AW/AI (1 stn),
and AI (1 stn).
Atlantic distribution: From c. 69 °N, Norway
southwards to Marocco; Mediterranean (Sivertsen and
Holthuis, 1956; Casanova, 1976); the Faroes; south off
Iceland; southeast off Cape Farewell, Greenland; from
the Gulf of St. Lawrence to off Cape Cod,
Massachusetts (Smaldon et ai, 1993).
Atlantic depth range: 10-2000 m, most frequent in 100-
500 m (Sivertsen and Holthuis, 1956), benthopelagic
and performs vertical feeding migrations (Lagardere,
1976).
up to 150 mm, max. 215 mm (From Christiansen,
1972).
Mynd 7. Pasiphaea tarda Krøyer, longd vanliga upp í
150 mm, í mesta lagi 215 mm (Ur Christiansen, 1972).
Pasiphaea tarda Krøyer, 1845 (Fig. 7)
Synonyms: Pasiphae princeps S. I. Smith (1884);
Pasiphaea principalis Sund (1913).
Good description: Kemp (1910: 42, pl. IV, figs. 1-7, as
Pasiphae princeps).
Previous records: »Thor«: 61° 16’ N, 9° 35’ W, 350-
850 m (22 May 1904); 59° 49’ N, 8° 58’ W, 600 m (30
May 1905) (Hansen, 1908; Sund, 1913, as P.
principalis). »Michael Sars«: 61° 07’ N, 9° 33’ W,
800-866 m (14 August 1902); 59° 23’ N, 7° 50’ W,
1100 m, 8.07 °C (12 August 1902) (Sund, 1913, as P.
principalis; Grieg, 1927, as P. principalis).
BIOFAR stations: 317, 758.
Areas: South of Wyville-Thomson Ridge, east of Bill
Baily Bank, northwest of Faroe Bank, northern slope
of the Faroe plateau.
Depth range: bottom depths at 455-1100 m.
Temperature: measured at one stn, 8.1 °C, estimated
range -1 to 9 °C.
Water masses: AW (2 stns) and AI/NW (1 stn).