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
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B1690E30-EC81-46D3-881D-97648DDC7745
Ophiophrura tripapillata
(Stöhr &
Segonzac, 2005
)
Reports for the
Azores
:
Ophioscolex tripapillatus
$
St̂hr & Segonzac, 2005: 385–388
, fig. 3.
Type
locality:
Near Menez Gwen
,
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
,
Azores
(
37°50’56”N
,
31°30’40”W
)
.
See:
St̂hr & Segonzac (2005)
.
Occurrence:
Northeast Atlantic, known only from the Azores, the Bay of Biscay, and
Iceland
(
St̂hr & Segonzac 2005
).
Depth:
1,015–1,500 m
(
AZO
:
1,015 m
;
St̂hr & Segonzac 2005
)
.
Habitat:
hard substrates (oxidized basalt), with other benthic fauna (
e.g.,
sponges, bryozoans, brachiopods and tunicates;
St̂hr & Segonzac 2005
).
Remarks:
St̂hr & Segonzac (2005)
described
Ophioscolex tripapillatus
, based on a specimen collected in the vicinity of Menez Gwen, southwest of the
Azores
. This species is known only from five specimens, collected from widely separated localities.