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Ophiophrixus spinosus

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Erroneous— Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881) Reports for the Azores:

Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881) — Paterson 1985: 21–22, fig. 12: 169.

Type locality: Norway.

See: Mortensen (1927a: 171–172, figs. 96–97); Paterson (1985).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, from the Denmark Strait and off SE of Iceland to off NW African waters (Koehler 1906b, Mortensen 1933a).

Depth: 40– 1,383 m (Harvey et al. 1988).

Habitat: soft bottoms, sand, mud to ooze (Farran 1913).

Larval stage: viviparous (Kasyanov et al. 1998).

Remarks: Koehler (1906b) reported Ophiophrixus spinosus (as Ophiobyrsa hystricis) from off the coast of Morocco (Talisman, sta 20, 1883: 33°43’N, 9°01’46″W, 1,105 m), a species previously known from Icelandic and Scandinavian waters. Mortensen (1927a) referred to this record as between Madeira and NW Africa, which later changed to ‘off Madeira’ (Mortensen 1933a). Paterson (1985) placed the southern limit of this species not in Morocco or Madeira, but in the Azores, which is clearly a mistake, that was repeated in subsequent literature.

Notes

Published as part of Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2019, The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4639 (1) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3342161

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4148D21204F4FF77FF33FEE47328134F

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Ophiomyxidae
Genus
Ophiophrixus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ophiurida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Storm
Species
spinosus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Ophiophrixus spinosus (Storm, 1881) sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019

References

  • Storm, V. (1881) Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna III. Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter, 1881, 73 - 96.
  • Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 49 (1), 1 - 162.
  • Mortensen, T. (1927 a) Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Oxford University Press, viii + 471 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6841
  • Koehler, R. (1906 b) Ophiures. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman, 8, 245 - 311.
  • Mortensen, T. (1933 a) Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf Expedition, 4 b (8), 1 - 121.
  • Harvey, R., Gage, J. D., Billett, D. S. M., Clark, A. M. & Paterson, G. L. J. (1988) Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. 3. Additional records. Bulletin British Museum Natural History, Zoology, 54, 153 - 198.
  • Farran, G. P. (1913) The deep-water Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea of the West Coast of Ireland. Department of Agriculture and technical instruction for Ireland, fisheries branch, scientific investigations, 6, 1 - 66. [1912]
  • Kasyanov, V. L., Kryuchkova, G. A., Kulikova, V. A. & Medvedeva, L. A. (1998) Larvae of marine bivalves and echinoderms. Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington D. C., 288 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1029 / JC 094 iC 05 p 06159