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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) IN THE FAROE AREA
Pontophilus norvegicus
carapace
Pontophilus spinosus
carapace
Fig. 35. Pontophilus norvegicus (M. Sars), carapace,
body length up to 75 mm; P. spinosus (Leach),
carapace, body length up to 52 mm (From Smaldon,
1995).
Mynd 35. Pontophilus norvegicus (M. Sars),
ryggjarskjøldur, kropslongd upp í 75 mm; P. spinosus
(Leach), ryggjarskjøldur, kropslongd upp í 52 mm
(Úr Smaldon, 1995).
Depth range; (110) 276-1100 m.
Temperature: measured at 24 stns, -0.1 to 8.1 °C;
estimated range -1 to 9.4 °C.
Breeding: Ovigerous females have been taken in May
and June.
Water masses: AI (25 stns), AW (24 stns), AW/AI (21
stns), NW (3 stns), and AI/NW (2 stns).
Atlantic distribution: From Spitsbergen southwards to
Bay of Biscay; the Faroes; rare in lesser depths than
400 m of the E, S, W, and NW coasts of Iceland
(Stephensen, 1939); Denmark Strait and southeast
Greenland (Heegaard, 1941); westem Mediterranean
(Smaldon et al., 1993); in the western Atlantic from
West Greenland, 67° N (Stephensen, 1939) to 38 °N
(Smaldon etal., 1993).
Atlantic depth range: (35) 40-1450 m, usually 200-500
m (Wollebæk, 1909; Sivertsen and Holthuis, 1956),
hyperbenthic.
Note: Vartdal (1976) has written an unpublished thesis
on its reproduction, growth and energy content in
Korsfjorden, westem Norway.
13' 12' 11' 10’ 9'
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61'
60"
13’ 12' 11' 1T r
r 6'
Fig. 37. Records of Pontophilus spinosus (Leach) in the Faroe area.
Mynd 37. Skrásetingar av Pontophilus spinosus (Leach) í føroyskum øki.
5'
3'
2'