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Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman 1883

Description

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).

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 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3342161

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AZO
Family
Ophiomyxidae
Genus
Ophiomyxa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ophiurida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Lyman
Species
serpentaria
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman, 1883 sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019

References

  • Lyman, T. (1883) Report on the Ophiuroidea. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea (1878 - 79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer " Blake ", commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo ˆ logy at Harvard College, 10 (6), 227 - 287.
  • Koehler, R. (1909) Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Asteries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoides). Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 34, 1 - 317.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Diez, C., Porteiro, F. M., Meirinho, A., Cardigos, F. & Tempera, F. (2005) Taxonomic review of selected invertebrate groups collected during the Campaigns of the Prince Albert I of Monaco in the Azorean waters. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences, 22 A, 35 - 59.
  • Smirnov, I. S., Piepenburg, D., Ahearn, C. & Juterzenka, K. V. (2014) Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. Invertebrate Zoology, 11 (1), 192 - 209. https: // doi. org / 10.15298 / invertzool. 11.1.18
  • Mortensen, T. (1933 a) Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf Expedition, 4 b (8), 1 - 121.
  • Cherbonnier, G. (1969) Echinodermes recoltes par la " Thalassa " au large de cotes d'espagne et du Golfe de Gascogne (3 - 12 AOUT 1967). Bulletin Museum National Histoire Naturelle Paris, Serie 2, 41 (1), 343 - 361.