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 Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883 Reports for the Azores : Ophiodera serpentina ( Lyman, 1883 ) — $ Koehler 1909: 203 ; Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883 — Mortensen 1927a: 168 , fig. 94a, 1933a: 11–14, figs. 1–3; Paterson 1985: 18–20 , fig. 11; Harvey et al . 1988: 168 ; García-Diez et al . 2005: 48 ; Smirnov et al . 2014: 194 . Type locality: Faeroe Channel ( 59°56’N , 6°27’W ). See: Lyman (1883: 274 , pl. 8, figs. 114–116); Paterson (1985) . Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, from the Denmark Strait and Iceland southwards to the northwest African coast, including the Azores ( Mortensen 1933a , Paterson 1985). Depth: 450– 2,440 m ( Paterson 1985 ); AZO : 599– 1,095 m ( Koehler 1909 ). Habitat: sand ( Koehler 1909 ), rock and coralligenous substrates ( Cherbonnier 1969 ). Larval stage: lecithotrophic ( Mortensen 1933a ). Remarks: Ophiomyxa serpentaria is only known in the Azores from three poorly preserved specimens collected by Princesse Alice and reported by Koehler (1909) (sta 866: 38°52’50”N , 27°23’05”W , 599 m ; sta 1344: 38°45’30”N , 28°07’45”W , 1,095 m ).