Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1999, Blaðsíða 195
Cumacea (Crustacea)
of the Faroe Island Region
199
Cumacea (Crustacea) í føroyskum øki
Sarah Gerken and Les Watling
Darling Marine Center
University of Maine, Walpole, Maine 04573, USA
e-mail contact to L. Watling: watling@maine.edu
Úrtak
Ein víðtøkin kanning av botndjóralívi kring Føroyar
(BioFar-verkætlanin) legði 42 sløg aftur at teimum 28
longu kendu sløgunum á føroyska økinum. Eitt slag var
ókent fyri vísindini. I hesi grein verður lagt fram
nágreiniligt yvirlit yvir øll Cumacea-sløg í føroyskum
sjógvi niður á uml. 1300 m đýpi. Kort yvir útbreiðslu eru
fyri flestu sløgini, og harafturat eru upplýsingar um
núgaldandi latínsk nøvn við høvundi og árstali, týdning-
armiklum samheitum, tilvísingar til góðar lýsingar av
dýrunum, hvar tey eru at finna í mun til dýpi, botnslag,
hitastig (mált ella mett), vatnmassa, og um heildarút-
breiðslu í Atlantshavi.
Abstract
A comprehensive sampling program around the Faroe
Islands (BioFar) added 42 species of cumaceans, one of
which was new to science, to the known fauna of the re-
gion. This paper presents a detailed comprehensive list
of all known cumacean records for the Faroe Islands re-
gion, down to a depth of about 1300 m. Maps showing
the locations of station records, along with detailed ref-
erences regarding synonymy and suitable illustrations
for identification purposes are also supplied.
Introduction
Cumaceans are small crustaceans frequent-
ly encountered in benthic marine and lit-
toral environments. Most species inhabit
the surface layer of sediment, partially
burying themselves and pursuing a deposit-
feeding or predaceous lifestyle, while, es-
pecially in shallow waters of the southem
hemisphere, other species can be found
clinging to algal turf on rocks. No parasitic
or commensal species are known. Plankton
samples often contain cumaceans (Kaart-
vedt, 1986; Habermehl et al., 1990), partic-
ularly night samples, because males of
some species move into the water column
to search for mates. Although their distrib-
ution tends to be patchy, cumaceans can be
extremely abundant locally and important
in the diet of small fishes (Poxton et al.,
1983; Macdonald and Green, 1986; Matt-
son, 1992). Cumaceans brood their young
in a brood pouch through at least 3 molts
(Schram, 1986) until the young are released
as small copies of the adults lacking only
the last pair of pereopods.
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