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
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.