Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill 1885
Description
Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill, 1885a Reports for the Azores:
Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill, 1885 — $ Martynov & Litvinova 2008: 90–91, figs. 7A, 10.
Type locality: off Virginia, USA (37°50’00”N, 73°03’50”W).
See: Verrill (1885a: 153; 1885b: 443–444); Koehler (1914a: 74–77, pl. 11, figs. 1–2); Martynov & Litvinova (2008).
Occurrence: North Atlantic deep waters, from off Virginia to New England, eastwards to Rockall Trough, the Bay of Biscay to Iberian Basin, including in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, from Reykjanes Ridge to the north of the Azores (Martynov & Litvinova 2008).
Depth: 1,650–3,584 m (AZO: 2,954–2,968 m; Martynov & Litvinova 2008).
Habitat: soft sediments (Globigerina ooze; Verrill 1885a).
Remarks: Ophiacantha aculeata was recently identified by Martynov & Litvinova (2008) among the material collected by G.O. Sars (MAR–ECO expedition) at a station located at the northern border of the Azorean waters (sta 40/367: 42°55’N, 30°20’W, 2,954 –2,968 m). This species has been historically confused with O. fraterna Verrill, 1885c (Martynov & Litvinova 2008), a species also considered at one point conspecific or a variety of O. bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805). See remarks under the latter species.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- AZO
- Family
- Ophiacanthidae
- Genus
- Ophiacantha
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ophiurida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- Verrill
- Species
- aculeata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill, 1885 sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019
References
- Verrill, A. E. (1885 a) Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England. The American Journal of Science, Series 3, 29, 149 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2475 / ajs. s 3 - 29.170.149
- Martynov, A. V. & Litvinova, N. M. (2008) Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research, 4, 76 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 17451000701840066
- Verrill, A. E. (1885 b) Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part V-Annelida, Echinodermata, Hydroida, Tunicata. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 8, 424 - 447. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.534.424
- Koehler, R. (1914 a) A Contribution to the Study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 84, 1 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.84.1
- Verrill, A. E. (1885 c) Results of the explorations made by the steamer " Albatross ", off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Report of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 1885 503 - 699. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12059
- Bruzelius, N. (1805) Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam, sub praesidio A. J. Retzii. exhibet N. Bruzelius. Berlingianis, Lundae, 37 pp.