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DECAPODA NATANTIA (CRUSTACEA) í FØROYSKUM ØKI
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Fig. 40. Sclerocrangon boreas (Phipps), length up to
120 mm (From Chrístiansen, 1972).
Mynd 40. Sclerocrangon boreas (Phipps), longd upp í
120 mm (Úr Christiansen, 1972).
Genus Sclerocrangon G. O. Sars, 1883
Sclerocrangon boreas (Phipps, 1774)
(Fig 40)
Synonym: Crangon boreas Krøyer (1842).
Good description: Krøyer (1842: 218, pl. 4, figs 1-14);
Blacker (1957: 43, fig. 24).
Previous records: Hansen (1908) mentions that it
seems to be common at the Faroes. Stephensen (1928)
mentions that the species has been taken 15 times at
different localities around the islands, at depths from 2
m to about 200 m. »Dana«: Stn 6001 (24 July 1938),
63° 33’ N, 11° 25’ W, 322 m, 2 specimens; Stn 6004
(24 July 1938), 63° 06’ N, 10° 40’ W, 437 m, 8
specimens; Stn 6229 (11 August 1939), 63° 00’ N, 9°
30’ W, 495-500 m, 3 specimens (Rømer, 1991). Also
recorded from between 0 and 20 m depth in the phytal
zone at Oyndarfjørður, Vestmanna, Leynar, Hoyvík
and Øravík (Berggren, 1994).
BIOFAR stations: 107, 230, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810.
Areas: Southeastem slope of the Faroe plateau and the
top of Faroe-Iceland Ridge, juveniles in inshore waters
(Fig. 41).
Depth range: 0-500 (703) m.
Temperature: measured at 13 stns, -0.63 to 7.7 °C;
estimated range -1 to 9.4 °C.
Breeding: Ovigerous females have been taken in May.
Water masses: AI (8 stns), AW (1 stn) and NW (1 stn).
Atlantic distribution: From Franz Josef Land and
Svalbard south to c. 62° N, Norway; the Faroes;
Iceland (Stephensen, 1939); East Greenland; in the
westem Atlantic from West Greenland, 82° N to the
Gulf of Maine at c. 43° N (Stephensen, 1935).
Atlantic depth range: 0-703 (930) m, epibenthic.
Fig. 42. Sclerocrangon ferox (G.O. Sars), length up to
130 mm (From Sars, 1885).
Mynd 42. Sclerocrangon ferox (G.O. Sars), longd upp
í 130 mm (Úr Sars, 1885).
Sclerocrangon ferox (G. O. Sars, 1877)
(Fig. 42)
Synonyms: Cheraphilus ferox Sars (1877);
Sclerocrangon salebrosus Sars (1885).
Good description: Sars (1885: 15, pl. II, figs 1-29, as
Sclerocrangon salebrosusy, Blacker (1957: 43, fig. 25)
Previous records: »Ingolf«-Expedition: Stn 143, 62°
58’ N, 7° 09’ W, 730 m, -0.4 °C (Hansen, 1908).
BIOFAR station: 750.
Area: The northern slope of Faroe-Iceland Ridge (Fig.
41).
Depth: 600-730 m.
Temperature: measured once, -0.4 °C; estimated range
-0.4 to 0.4 °C.
Water mass: NW ( 2 stns).
Atlantic distribution: Svalbard; Barents Sea; Eastern
Finnmark, Norway; NE of Shetland; Jan Mayen and
Denmark Strait (Heegaard, 1941); East Greenland
(Sivertsen, 1935); off West Greenland between 78° N
and 67° N (Stephensen, 1935).
Atlantic depth range: 15 - 875 (Sivertsen, 1935;
Stephensen, 1935)
Conclusions
Before the BIOFAR programme sampling
started in 1987 only 25 species of natant de-
capods were recorded from the area defmed
as the Faroese Fishery Territory.
Thirty-five species of shrimps and
prawns have been recorded from the area.
The most commonly recorded species were