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
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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
).