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Citation: Jones, D.A. & Naylor, E. 1967 The distribution of Eurydice (Crustacea: Isopoda) in British waters, including E. affinis new to Britain. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 47: 373-382


Number of Pages: 10

Volume Part: 2

Keywords: Antrim, Biogeography, Britain, Carlingford Lough, Clare, Crustacea, Donegal, Dublin, Fauna, Galway, Isopoda, Kerry, Littoral, Marine, Mayo, Northern Ireland, Sligo, Sublittoral

Abstract: Records of the distribution of the crustaceans Eurydice in British and Irish waters are given. The sublittoral E. truncata was found off the coasts of Galway, Mayo, Kerry and Donegal. Eurydice spinigera was found off the coast of Galway and near Carlingford Lough, while E. inermis was found off the coast at Malin Head, and E. grimaldii was found off the southwest, west and north coasts at the 200m depth contour approximately. The intertidal E. pulchra was found on coasts in counties Clare, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Antrim and Dublin.