An annotated check-list of lophogastrids (Crustacea: Lophogastrida) from the seas of the Iberian Peninsula Author Vicente, Carlos San text Zootaxa 2016 4178 4 481 502 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.2 bb6c1cdd-6575-4f26-b67a-51e45bae6518 1175-5326 261351 3ABE2795-BF86-4167-8650-3F887B9ADAC1 Lophogaster spinosus Ortmann, 1907 Distribution. Bahamas , West Indies, Trinidad , SE-coast of United States , Brazil . NW Atlantic. Depth range. 260–5340 m . Habitat. Muddy bottoms. Iberian Seas published records. Gulf of Cádiz ( Abelló et al . 2011 ). Off Canary Archipelago (Dürr & González 2002, Wittmann et al. 2004 , Hernández et al. 2008 , Wittmann & Riera 2012 ). Off Morocco ( De Jong 1996 ). Remarks. In the Gulf of Cádiz, the species has been found to live on muddy bottoms between 363 and 548 m depths, in areas characterised by the occurrence of submarine mud volcanoes which condition the structure and deposition dynamics of the sediments ( Abelló et al . 2011 ).