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Abyssocucumis abyssorum Cosmo

Description

Abyssocucumis abyssorum (Théel, 1886a) Reports for the Azores:

Cucumaria abyssorum Théel, 1886 a— $ Marenzeller 1892: 64, 1893: 14; Ludwig 1894: 122–127, pl. 9, figs. 28, 29, pl. 13, figs. 1–5; Perrier 1902: 275; Mortensen 1927a: 396; Deichmann 1930: 139; Grieg 1932: 11, fig. 9; $ Cherbonnier 1941: 93–103, figs. 1, 3; Abyssocucumis abyssorum (Théel, 1886) — García-Diez et al. 2005: 51.

Type locality: off Crozet Island (46°16’S, 48°27’E).

See: Théel (1886a: 66–67 pl. 4, fig. 6, pl. 16, fig. 6); Heding (1942: 33–35, figs. 34–36); Massin & Hendrickx (2011: 418).

Occurrence: cosmopolitan, known from all oceans except in the Arctic (Hansen 1975); in the Atlantic from the Davis Strait (Heding 1942) eastwards from south of Iceland (Deichmann 1930) and the Rockall Trough (Gage et al. 1985) to the Azores (Marenzeller 1892).

Depth: 869– 4,810 m (Gage et al. 1985); AZO: 2,870 m (Marenzeller 1892).

Habitat: soft substrates (muddy sand to ooze; Théel 1886a, Marenzeller 1892).

Remarks: the presence of this species in Azores is based on a single dredge by Hirondelle (sta 248: 41°40’41”N, 26°44’9”W) (Marenzeller 1892, 1893). Though this abyssal holothurian was never re-collected again in the archipelago, more recently A. abyssorum was repeatedly retrieved from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge just north of the Azorean waters (Gebruk 2008; Rogacheva et al. 2013).

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AZO
Family
Cucumariidae
Genus
Abyssocucumis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Dendrochirotida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Cosmo
Species
abyssorum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Abyssocucumis abyssorum (Theel, 1886) sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019

References

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  • Marenzeller, E. von (1892) Note preliminaire sur les Holothuries provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Bulletin Societe Zoologique France, 17, 64 - 66.
  • Marenzeller, E. von (1893) Contribution a l'etude des Holothuries de l'Atlantique N'ord (Golfe de Gascogne, Iles Acores). Resultats Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince de Monaco, 6, 1 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11304
  • Ludwig, H. (1894) Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding, xii. The Holothurioidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zo ˆ logy at Harvard College, 17 (3), 1 - 183.
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  • Hansen, B. (1975) Systematics and biology of the deep-sea holothurians: Elasipoda. Galathea report: scientific results of the Danish deep-sea expedition round the world 1950 - 1952. Galathea, 13, 1 - 262.
  • Gage, J. D., Billett, D. S. M., Jensen, M. & Tyler, P. A. (1985) Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. 2. Echinoidea and Holothurioidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 48 (4), 173 - 214.
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