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 Ophiotoma alberti ( Koehler, 1896b ) Reports for the Azores : Ophiotrema alberti $ Koehler, 1896b: 251–253 , 1909: 196–198 , pl. 28, figs. 1–2; Mortensen 1927a: 183 ; Gage et al . 1983: 288 ; Paterson 1985: 57–58 , fig. 23; García-Diez et al . 2005: 49 ; Smirnov et al . 2014: 197 . Type locality: Azores ( 38°09’00”N , 23°15’45”W ) . See: Paterson (1985) ; Martynov (2010: 97–103 , figs. 66A–E, 67A–C, 68A–I). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic; recorded from several scattered locations in the Atlantic, including the Reykjanes Ridge area ( c. 58°30’N , 31°29’W ; Martynov 2010 ) and Rockall Trough, south to the Bay of Biscay and the Azores ( Paterson 1985 ); it was also recorded in the Southern Hemisphere ( 51°07’S , 9°31’W ; Mortensen 1927a ). Depth: 1,684 –4,354 m ( Paterson 1985 , Martynov 2010 ); AZO : 4,020 m ( Koehler 1909 ). Habitat: soft substrates ( Koehler 1906b ). Remarks: Ophiotoma alberti was described by Koehler (1896b , 1909 ; as Ophiotrema alberti ) based on two specimens collected by Princesse Alice in the Azores (sta 527: 38°09’N , 23°15’45”W , 4,020 m ), the only material known so far from the archipelago.