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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) í FØROYSKUM ØKI
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Fig. 9. Records of Bythocaris leucopis G.O. Sars (A) and B. payeri (Heller) (•) in the Faroe area.
Mynd 9. Skrásetingar av Bythocaris leucopis G.O. Sars (A) og B. payeri (Heller) (•) í føroyskum øki.
227, 228, 275, 291, 424, 447,458, 478, 480, 490, 500,
563, 713, 714, 715, 750, 9001, 9002, 9012, 9014.
Areas: Mainly deep water north of the Faroe plateau
and Faroe-Shetland Channel, also on the top and
northern slope of Faroe-Iceland Ridge (Fig. 9).
Depth range: 322-1338 m.
Temperature: measured at 20 stns, range -1.4 to 0.3 °C;
estimated range -1 to 1 °C.
Breeding: Ovigerous females have been taken in
March, May, July and August.
Water masses: AI (2 stns), AI/NW (1 stn), and NW (31
stns).
Atlantic distribution: Arctic Ocean; from the Barents
Sea to the Shetlands; the Faroes; Iceland; East
Greenland (Sivertsen and Holthuis, 1956); off West
Greenland between 77° N and 71° N (Stephensen,
1935). Sivertsen and Holthuis (1956) wrote that »It
will be interesting to study a large material of this
species from various localities throughout its range in
order to ascertain the variability of several of its
characters.«
Atlantic depth range: 180-1977 m, benthopelagic
(Sivertsen and Holthuis 1956; own obs).
Fig. 10. Bythocaris payeri
(Heller), forebody. Body length
up to 65 mm (From Sivertsen
and Holthuis, 1956).
Mynd 10. Bythocaris payeri
(Heller), framkroppur.
Kropslongd upp í 65 mm (Ur
Sivertsen og Holthuis, 1956).