Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)
Author
Rodrigues, Clara F.
Author
Paterson, Gordon L. J.
Author
Cabrinovic, Andrew
Author
Cunha, Marina R.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2754
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.276727
dfcdb58a-4300-4aae-ae13-125628f51de7
1175-5326
276727
Ophiomusium lymani
Wyville
Thomson, 1873
Material examined.
Porto MV, MSM01-03, stn 167, 1 ind. (
DBUA
001094.01).
Ecology and distribution.
Ophiomusium lymani
is a bathyal and abyssal species with a wide distribution in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans (
Alva & Vadon 1989
). In the Atlantic it has been reported from SE
Iceland
south to Cap Blanc at depths ranging from
651 to 4829 m
(
Paterson 1985
). The single record from the Gulf of Cadiz is within its known bathymetric range. Only one specimen was collected from Porto MV among the frenulate (Polychaeta:
Siboglinidae
) fields that cover the crater.