Decapod Crustacea from the Queen Elizabeth and Nearby Islands in 1962

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Squires, H. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
• Subjects: General Medicine; Canada; Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f68-027; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f68-027

Five surveys in the Queen Elizabeth and nearby islands during the summer of 1962 collected 1221 specimens of decapod Crustacea. These decapods comprised 10 species of hippolytid and crangonid shrimps. Sizes and maturity status of specimens indicated variability in adaptation of different species to the low temperature environment. Records of northern distribution of the species in Canada and Greenland are reviewed. Food was mostly detritus and phytobenthos but some species showed preference for foraminiferans or crustaceans.