The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean) Author Madeira, Patrícia Author Kroh, Andreas Author Cordeiro, Ricardo Author De, António M. Author Martins, Frias Author Ávila, Sérgio P. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-19 4639 1 1 231 journal article 26164 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1 812e0570-38c6-4f6e-840c-7d52d87a8c12 1175-5326 PMC6910866 31712455 3342161 B1690E30-EC81-46D3-881D-97648DDC7745 Persephonaster patagiatus ( Sladen, 1889 ) Reports for the Azores : non Psilaster andromeda (D̹ben & Karen, 1846)— $ Perrier 1896a: 51 [misidentification]; Psilasteropsis patagiatus ( Sladen, 1889 ) — $ Koehler 1909: 62–63 , pl. 3, fig. 2, pl. 4, fig. 3, pl. 19, fig. 1, 1921a: 2; Farran 1913: 7 ; Grieg 1932: 19 ; Persephonaster patagiatus ( Sladen, 1889 ) — Mortensen 1927a: 65–66 , fig. 37; A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 63–64 , figs. 14d, 15f–g, pl. 19, figs. A–C; García-Diez et al . 2005: 46 ; Dilman 2006: 180 , 2014: 27 ; Psilaster patagiatus Sladen, 1889 — Gage et al . 1983: 275 . Type locality: off Cape Verde . See: A.M. Clark & Downey (1992) ; Benavides-Serrato et al . (2011: 127) . Occurrence: North Atlantic, from the Denmark Strait (SW of Iceland ; A.M. Clark & Downey 1992 ), south of the Rockall Trough ( Harvey et al . 1988 ) to NW Africa, including the Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde ( Koehler 1909 ); also reported for the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992 ). Depth: 730– 2,970 m ( A.M. Clark & Downey 1992 ); AZO : 1,095 –1,919 m ( Koehler 1909 ). Habitat: soft sediments ( Koehler 1909 ). Larval stage: lecithotrophic (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992 ). Remarks: Perrier (1896a) reported Psilaster andromeda based on material collected by Hirondelle in the Azores . Later, Koehler (1909) re-examined the material and concluded that Perrier confused P. andromeda with Persephonaster patagiatus (= Psilasteropsis patagiatus ), and reassigned the specimens to the latter species (see remarks under P. andromeda andromeda ).