Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1998, Síða 96

102
DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA
Fig. 11. Bythocaris
simplicirostris G.O.
Sars, forebody. Body
length up to 30 mm
(From Christiansen,
1972).
Mynd II. Bythocaris
simplicirostris G.O.
Sars, framkroppur.
Kropslongd upp í 30
mm (Ur Christiansen,
1972).
Bythocaris simplicirostris G. O. Sars, 1870
(Fig. 11)
Synonym: Hippolyte panschii Buchholz (1874).
Good description: Sars (1912: 13, pl. II, figs. 1-21).
Previous records: 61° 23’ N, 5° 04’ W, 480 m, 0.0 °C,
one specimen, caught by Wandel (Hansen, 1908).
»Dana«: Stn 6001, 63° 33’ N, 11° 25’ W, 322 m, one
specimen; Stn 6004, 63° 06’ N, 10° 40’ W, 437 m, 3
specimens (Rømer, 1991).
BIOFAR stations: 264, 292, 483, 499, 698, 742, 749,
9018.
Areas: Slope southeast of Faroe Bank, southern, easter
and northern slopes of the Faroe plateau, the top and
southern slope of Faroe-Iceland Ridge (Fig. 12).
Depth range: 322-780 m.
Temperature: measured at 4 stns, range 0.0 - 2.2 °C;
estimated range -0.9 to 5.3 °C.
Breeding: Ovigerous females have been taken in
October.
Water masses: AI (8 stns), AW/AI/NW (2 stns) and
AI/NW (1 stn.).
Atlantic distribution: From W of Spitsbergen and the
Barents Sea south to off Mandal, Norway; the Faroes;
off SW Iceland; east Greenland (Grieg, 1927;
Stephensen, 1939).
Atlantic depth range: 60-780 m, probably
hyperbenthic.
13’ 12’ ir io' 9’ 8* r 6’ 5' c 3*________________________________r
1 1 500 1 \ 1 -v •d) \ • % 1! -n—3000/r\ ( /tfwxJ J f (
—lOOO^^X^N^X i —z' (D S .''yt?/
Jl > SLw \ n \Jw W/S/ /Mf ( \ / JyJ\ V—v '^—^_^i5oo
Wy(l soo má sv\\ 1000 \W\ j r »| (/{ jjjj ggp / k
\ \ X-IOOO/'" ' -X tf /
6U‘
61'
13’ 12' ir 10' 9'
V 6’
Fig. 12. Records of Bythocaris simplicirostris G.O. Sars in the Faroe area.
Mynd 12. Skrásetingar av Bythocaris simplicirostris G.O. Sars í føroyskum øki.
5’
3’
2*