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 Brissopsis lyrifera lyrifera ( Forbes, 1841 ) Reports for the Azores : Brissopsis lyrifera ( Forbes, 1841 ) — $ Koehler 1895a: 225 , 1898: 7 , 24, 73; Grieg 1932: 43 ; Nobre 1938: 132–133 , fig. 57; Pereira 1997: 335 ; Micael & Costa 2010: 323 ; Micael et al . 2012: 4 ; García-Diez et al . 2005: 51 . Type locality: Scotland , British Isles . See: Forbes (1841: 187–189) ; Mortensen (1951b: 380–390 , pl. 30, figs. 1–4, 7–13, pl. 32, figs. 15, 20, 22, pl. 57, fig. 15); Chesher (1968: 90–96 , figs. 8, 18–19; pl. 21, figs. a–b, as Brissopsis lyrifera capensis ). Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and east Atlantic, from Iceland and Scandinavia ( Mortensen 1907 ) to NW Africa ( Mortensen 1927a , b, Grieg 1932 ), including the Azores ( Koehler 1898 ); the subspecies B. lyrifera capensis Mortensen 1907 was reported from South Africa , the Gulf of Guinea and the Caribbean ( Chesher 1966 , 1968 ). Depth: 5– 2,250 m ( Mortensen 1951 b , Mecho et al . 2014); AZO : 130 m ( Koehler 1898 ). Habitat: buried in sand, mud to detritic substrates ( Mortensen 1927a , Cherbonnier 1969 ). Larval stage: planktotrophic ( Harvey et al. 1988 ). Remarks: the only known material of Brissopsis lyrifera from the Azores is restricted to a single small specimen identified by Koehler (1895a , 1898 ) among the material collected by Hirondelle (sta 226: 38°31’19”N , 28°34’31”W ) in the channel between Pico and Faial islands, at a depth of 130 m .