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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA
western (rare off southem) Iceland (Stephensen, 1939);
from Newfoundland to Chesapeake Bay (Smaldon et
al., 1993).
Atlantic depth range: Hyperbenthic; 10-1000 m,
usually 20-500 m.
Note: Norheim (1996) has written an unpublished
thesis on its morphology, biology and ecology.
Caridion steveni Lebour, 1930
Good description: Lebour (1930: 185, pls I, V, fig. 2).
Previous records: Recorded for the first time from
Kaldbaksfjørður by Berggren (1994).
BIOFAR stations: None.
Area: Kaldbaksfjørður.
Depth range: 40 m.
Temperature: estimated range 5.2 - 10.5 °C.
Watermass: AW (1 stn.).
Atlantic distribution: From the Faroes to southwestern
England (Smaldon etal., 1993; Berggren, 1994).
Atlantic depth range: 0-40 m, hyperbenthic.
Fig. 15. Cryptocheles pygmaea G.O. Sars,
length up to 15 mm (From Sars, 1912).
Mynd 15. Cryptocheles pygmaea G.O.
Sars, longd upp í 15 mm (Ur Sars, 1912).
Genus Cryptocheles G. O. Sars, 1870
Cryptocheles pygmaea G. O. Sars, 1870
(Fig. 15)
Good description: Sars (1912: 5, pl. I, figs 1-26).
Previous records: None.
BIOFAR stations: 51, 68.
Areas: Northeastern slope of Faroe Bank, east of
Suðuroy.
Depth range: 235-600 m.
Temperature: estimated range 5.1 - 9.1 °C.
Water mass: AW (2 stns).
Atlantic distribution: From Lofoten, Norway to
Oslofjorden and Danish Skagerrak; the Faroes (Grieg,
1927; Christiansen, 1972).
Atlantic depth range: 190-660 m, epibenthic.
Fig. 16. Eualus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards), length
up to 100 mm (From Christiansen, 1972).
Mynd 16. Eualus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards),
longd upp í 100 mm (Ur Christiansen, 1972).
Genus Eualus Thallwitz, 1892
Eualus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards,
1837) (Fig. 16)
Synonyms: Hippolyte gaimardii H. Milne Edwards
(1837); Hippolyte gibba Krøyer (1842); Hippolyte
recurvirostris Rathke (1843); Spirontocaris Gaimardii
Hansen (1908).
Good description: Krøyer (1842: 282, pl. 1, figs 21-29
as Hippolyte Gaimardii, and p. 288, pl. 1, fig. 30 and
pl. 2, figs 31-37 as Hippolyte gibba)\ Dons (1915: 39,
fig. 5).
Previous records: According to Hansen (1908) and
Stephensen (1928) this species (as Spirontocaris
gaimardi) has been taken about ten times at the Faroes
at depths from 0 m to 18 m, often between algae. The
localities mentioned are Trongisvágur off Punthavn (c.
8-10 m), Trongisvágur (2-6 m and 15-18 m), Tvøroyri
(0-7 m), Skálafjørður (c. 5 m), N of Krossur (c. 5 m),
Kollafjørður (4 m), Hvannasund (on Laminariae, 8-12
m), Tjømuvík (?) north in Sundini (c. 5 m) and Vágs-
fjørður. »Thor«: Stn 124 (30 Mayl913), Trongisvágur,
? m, one specimen; Stn 25 - 10.0 (4 June 1913),
Trongisvágur, ? m, one specimen; Stn 133 (4 June
1913), Trongisvágur, ? m, one specimen; Stn 83 - 10.0
(7 June 1913), Trongisvágur, ? m, one specimen
(Rømer, 1991). Berggren (1994) found it in 0-20 m
depth in the phytal zone at six localities (Vestmanna,
Kollafjørður, Kaldbaksbotnur, Kaldbaksfjørður
(central north), Øravík and Akratangi).
BIOFAR stations: None.