Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1998, Qupperneq 111

DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) IFØROYSKUM ØKI
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BIOFAR station: 77.
Area: Faroe Bank.
Depth range: 99 m.
Temperature: estimated range 7.3 to 0.9 °C.
Water mass: AW (1 stn.).
Atlantic distribution: From southern Iceland, the
Faroes and the British Isles to the Azores; the
Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea (Smaldon et al.,
1993).
Atlantic depth range: 0-99 m, probably hyperbenthic.
Genus Pontophitus Leach, 1817
Pontophilus norvegicus (M. Sars, 1861)
(Fig. 35)
Synonym: Crangon norvegicus Sars (1861).
Good description: Kemp (1910: 162, pl. XXI, fig. 9a,
b).
Previous records: »Thor«: 61° 08’ N, 9° 28’ W, 847 m;
61° 15’ N, 9° 35’ W, 941 m. Caught by Wandel: 61°
22’ N, 5° 04’ W, 479 m, 0.0 °C; 63° 15’ N, 9° 35’ W,
508 m (Hansen, 1908). »Michael Sars«: Stn 76 (12
August 1902), 59° 23’ N, 7° 50’ W, 1100 m, 8.07 °C;
Stn 86 (1902), 62° 59’ N, 10° 37’ W, 460 m, 3.36 °C
(Grieg, 1927). »Dana«: Stn 5866 (18 May 1938), 62°
27’ N, 4° 54’ W, 450 m, one specimen; Stn 6001 (24
July 1938), 63° 33’N, 11° 25’W, 317 m, 23
specimens; Stn 6004 (24 July 1938), 63° 06’ N, 10°
40’ W, 437 m, 18 specimens; Stn 6008 (26 July 1938),
61° 39’ N, 7° 55’ W, 352 m, 2 specimens; Stn 6229
(11 August 1939), 63° 00’ N, 9° 30’ W, 495-500 m, 8
specimens (Rømer, 1991).
BIOFAR stations: 10, 19, 32, 33, 62, 65, 68, 70, 100,
117,120, 124,158, 165, 172,189, 232, 233, 267, 268,
269, 283, 285, 292, 344, 359, 380, 381, 382, 408, 416,
419,420,421, 422,424,425, 452, 457,483, 495, 496,
516, 517, 518, 522, 524, 646, 647, 690, 694, 695, 713,
714, 717, 738, 739, 742, 743, 747, 767, 9015, 9018.
Areas: Deep water all around the Faroes (Fig. 36).
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Fig. 36. Records of Pontophilus norvegicus (M. Sars) in the Faroe area.
Mynd 36. Skrásetingar av Pontophilus norvegicus (M. Sars) í føroyskum øki.
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