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Ophiura imprudens

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Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906a) Reports for the Azores:

Ophioglypha imprudens $ Koehler, 1906a: 8–10, pl. 1, figs. 7–8, 1906b: 256–257, pl. 18, figs. 9–10;

Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906) — Mortensen 1927a: 234; Gage et al. 1983: 298; $ Paterson 1985: 117–118, fig. 42; Jesus & Abreu 1998: 63.

Type locality: Azores (38°23’00”N, 28°49’46”W).

See: Koehler (1906a, b); Paterson (1985).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, known for the Azores (Koehler 1906b), Madeira (Jesus & Abreu 1998), Rockall Bank (Gage et al. 1983) and Portuguese mainland (Jesus & Fonseca 1999).

Depth: 75–560 m (Koehler 1906 b, Jesus & Abreu 1998); AZO: 560 m (Koehler, 1906b).

Habitat: soft bottoms, sandy gravel to muddy sediments (Koehler 1906b, Jesus & Fonseca 1999).

Remarks: Ophiura imprudens is only known from the archipelago by the type specimen. See also remarks under O. carnea L̹tken, 1858.

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

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

Family
Ophiuridae
Genus
Ophiura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ophiurida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Koehler
Species
imprudens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906) sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019

References

  • Koehler, R. (1906 a) Description des ophiures nouvelles recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France, 19, 5 - 34.
  • 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
  • Gage, J. D., Billett, D. S. M., Jensen, M. & Tyler, P. A. (1983) Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 45, 263 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 28002
  • 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.
  • Jesus, D. & Abreu, A. D. (1998) Contribution to the knowledge of the soft bottom echinoderms of Madeira Island. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (Historia Natural), 50 (286), 59 - 69., 4 figs.
  • Koehler, R. (1906 b) Ophiures. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman, 8, 245 - 311.
  • Jesus, D. C. & Fonseca, L. C. (1999) First records of 13 echinoderm species on the southwest coast of Portugal. Boletin Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, 15 (1 - 4), 343 - 349.
  • L ʾ tken, C. F. (1858) Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. F ˆ rste Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Femte Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning, 5, 1 - 74.