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 Erroneous— Ophiocomella pumila Lütken, 1856 Reports for the Azores : Ophiocoma pumila L̹tken, 1856 — Devaney 1970: 28 , figs. 16, 37, 40, 44; Mladenov 1985: 285–295 , figs. 1–3; Benavides-Serrato et al . 2011: 325–326 . Type locality: Bermuda . See: H.L. Clark (1915: 293) ; Devaney (1970) ; Benavides-Serrato et al . (2011) . Occurrence: Atlantic tropical waters, in the west from the Caribbean to Brazil and Bermuda (Benavides- Serrato et al . 2011) and in the east from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea ( Koehler 1914b ), including the Canaries ( Hernández et al . 2013 ) and Cape Verde (H.L. Clark 1915 ). Depth: 0–24 m ( Benavides-Serrato et al . 2011 ), but can reach 375 m ( Madsen 1970 ). Habitat: among algae or in crannies in rocks and corals (H.L. Clark 1942 ). Larval stage: planktotrophic larvae (three months at 26–27.5°C; Mladenov 1985 ). Remarks: we could not trace the original report in which led Devaney (1970) to include the Azores in the geographical distribution of Ophiocoma pumila . It seems likely that it is a product of a mistake hence we consider the inclusion of this tropical species in the archipelago as erroneous.