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Ophiacantha aristata Koehler 1896
Description
Ophiacantha aristata Koehler 1896
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Material examined. Captain Arutyunov MV, MSM01-03, stn 195, 1 ind. (DBUA 001063.01).
Ecology and distribution. This is a bathyal North Atlantic species (822–1700 m) known from SW Ireland south to the Canary Islands (Paterson 1985). In the Gulf of Cadiz it was collected from a coral thicket (Dendrophylia cf. alternata, mostly dead branches with a few living polyps) at a single station at the flanks of Captain Arutyunov MV (1390 m) together with Ophiopristis gadensis sp. nov., Ophiactis abyssicola and Amphioplus hexabrachiatus.
Notes
Published as part of Rodrigues, Clara F., Paterson, Gordon L. J., Cabrinovic, Andrew & Cunha, Marina R., 2011, Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2754 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276727
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.276729 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.276727 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFFFD25FAB1CFFAF9155B74DD778FF84 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03C6AA27AB1AFFA991C2B4F8D632F875 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ophiacanthidae
- Genus
- Ophiacantha
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ophiurida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- Koehler
- Species
- aristata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1896 sec. Rodrigues, Paterson, Cabrinovic & Cunha, 2011
References
- Koehler, R. (1896) Resultats scientifiques de la compagne du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Echinodermes. Annales de l'Universite de Lyon, 26, 33 - 122.
- Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 49 (1), 1 - 162.