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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA
Fig. 22. Records of Spirontocaris lilljeborgi (Danielssen) (•) and S. spinus (Sowerby) (A) in the Faroe area.
Mynd 22. Skrásetingar av Spirontocaris lilljeborgi (Danielssen) (•) og S. spinus (Sowerby) (A) í føroyskum øki.
speđmens; Stn 16(18 January 1979), 62° 39.0’ N, 6°
36.1’ W, 155 m, 2 specimens; Stn 17(18 January
1979), 62° 37.3’ N, 6° 45.5’ W, 143-135 m, one
specimen (Rømer, 1991).
BIOFAR stations: 6, 7, 19, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 51, 72,
98, 100, 119,158, 203, 321, 354, 408, 410, 452, 474,
486, 688, 726, 764, 9018.
Areas: Bill Baily Bank, Faroe Bank, the Faroe plateau,
and Faroe-Iceland Ridge (Fig. 22).
Depth range: 96-503 m.
Temperature: measured at 2 stns, range 2.0 to 7.9 °C;
estimated range 2.0 - 10.9 °C.
Water masses: AW (27 stns), AW/AI (3 stns) and AI
(2 stns).
Breeding: Ovigerous females have been taken in
January.
Atlantic distribution: From Spitsbergen to the Faroes
and the British Isles; rare on the E, S, W and NW
coasts of Iceland (Stephensen, 1939); from 66° 30’ N
off West Greenland (Stephensen, 1935) to Delaware
Bay (Smaldon et al„ 1993).
Atlantic depth range: 20-500 (1200) m, epi- or
hyperbenthic.
Spirontocaris spinus (Sowerby, 1805)
(Fig. 23)
Synonym: Hipployte Sowerbei Krøyer (1842);
Hippolyte spinus Hoek (1882).
Good description: Kemp (1910: 103, pl. XIV, fig. 1).
Previous records: First finds by Th. Mortensen
(Hansen, 1908). According to Stephensen (1928) it has
been taken five times: at Tórshavn; the deep between