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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) í FØROYSKUM ØKI
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Area: Inshore waters of the Faroes.
Depth range: 0-20 m.
Temperature: Range unknown, probably > 6.5 °C.
Breeding: A few ovigerous females were taken in June
by Berggren (1994).
Water mass: Only in coastally influenced Atlantic
Water.
Atlantic distribution: Circumpolar, in the east Atlantic
south to the Faroes and the Clyde Sea area; around
Iceland (Stephensen, 1939); and in the west Atlantic
from West Greenland at 79° N south to Cape Cod
(Stephensen, 1935; Smalđon et al., 1993).
Atlantic depth range: 0 - ca 300 (930) m, hyper-
benthic.
Fig. 17. Eualus pusiolus (Krøyer), length up to
28 mm (From Christiansen, 1972).
Mynd 17. Eualus pusiolus (Krøyer), longd upp í
28 mm (Úr Christiansen, 1972).
Eualus pusiolus (Krøyer, 1842) (Fig. 17)
Synonyms: Hippolyte pusiola Krøyer (1842);
Spirontocaris pusiola Norman (1894).
Good description: Kemp (1910: 107, pl. XV, figs. 6-8,
as Spirontocaris pusiold).
Previous records: According to Hansen (1908) and
Stephensen (1928) the species (as Spirontocaris
pusiola) is very numerous and widely distributed round
the Faroes. About 25 finds were made in 6 to c. 200 m
depth. Further fínds are: Vestmanna Harbour
(September 1904), ? m, one specimen, leg. ?; »Thor«:
Stn 123 (30 May 1913), Trongisvágur, ? m, one
specimen; Stn 124 (30 Mayl913), Trongisvágur, ? m,
one specimen; Stn 96 A - 10.0 (7 June 1913),
Trongisvágur, ? m, one specimen; Klaksvík
(September 1948), 2 specimens, leg. Samuel Petersen
(Rømer, 1991). Berggren (1994) found it regularly
between 0 and 20 m depth in the phytal zone at 17
localities (Gjógv, Oyndarfjørður, Grønskriðudrangur,
Vestmanna, Leynar, Kollafjørður, Kaldbaksbotnur,
Kaldbaksfjørður (central north), Kaldbaksfjørður
(Mógvanes), Stórafles, Hoyvfk, Kirkjubøur,
Hvannhólmur, Stigagjógv, Øravfk, Akratangi and
Sumba, and also at Høgnaboði and on soft bottom (40
m depth) in Kaldbaksfjørður.
BIOFAR stations: 6, 28, 51, 56, 60, 76, 77, 98, 100,
110,116, 174, 192, 203, 349, 350, 368, 408, 410, 605,
607, 608.
BIOFAR 2 stations: 1021, 1132, 1135, 1176, 1194,
1197, 1221, 1232, 1235, 1246, 1341, 1342, 1385,
1389, 1413, 1431, 1496, 1447, 1452, 1462, 1484,
1485, 1517, 1521, 1554, 1585, 1591, 1592.
Area: Mainly the Faroe plateau, Faroe Bank.
Depth range: 0-300 m.
Temperature: estimated range 5.0 - 10.9 °C.
Water masses: AW (55 stns) and AW/AI (1 stn.).
Breeding: Ovigerous females have been taken in
January and April-August.
Atlantic distribution: From Svalbard (T. Brattegard,
own obs.); coast of Murman (Doflein, 1900),
Varangerfjorden, northeastern Norway to Bay of
Biscay; westem Mediterranean; the Faroes; around
Iceland (Stephensen, 1939); from the Gulf of St.
Lawrence to Virginia (Smaldon et al., 1993).
Atlantic depth range: 0 - 810 m, hyperbenthic (own
obs.), common in the phytal zone (Smaldon et al.,
1993; Berggren, 1994).
Genus Hippolyte Leach, 1815
Hippolyte varians Leach, 1815 (Fig. 18)
Synonyms: Hippolyte fascigera Gosse (1853); Virhius
varians Heller (1863); Virbius fasciger Sars (1868).
Good description: Kemp (1910: 100, pl. XIII, figs 1-7).
Previous records: According to Hansen (1908) and
Stephensen (1928) it has been taken about 10 times
between the islands at Vágsfjørður (2-6 m),
Trongisvágur (2-6 m), off Høddatangi
(= ?) (15 m), Tórshavn, Tvøroyri, Vestmanna,
Oyndarfjørður (3-40 m), SE comer of Kunoy (10-15
m), east side of Haraldssund (c. 20 m), Skálafjørður off
Sjógv (8-10 m), and Borðoyarvík (c. 6 m). Also
»Thor«: Stn 67 (5 June 191^), Trongisvágur, ? m, one
specimen; Stn 116 (O.P) (5 June 1913), Trongisvágur,
? m, one specimen; Stn 118 (O.P) (5 July 1913),
Trongisvágur, ? m, 4 specimens (Rømer, 1991).
Berggren (1994) found it regularly between 0 and 20 m
depth in the phytal zone at 16 localities (Gjógv,
Oyndarfjørður, Grønskriðudrangur, Vestmanna,