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Published July 19, 2019 | Version v1
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Molpadiodemas atlanticus

Description

Erroneous— Molpadiodemas atlanticus (Perrier, 1898) Reports for the Azores:

Pseudostichopus atlanticus Perrier, 1898 — Deichmann 1930: 87–88.

Type locality: between the Azores and European waters (42°19’00”N, 21°15’46”W).

See: Perrier (1902: 333–337, pl. 17, figs. 15–20, as Pseudostichopus atlanticus); O’Loughlin & Ahearn (2005: 153, figs. 3a, b, 4a–d, 6a, b); Bohn (2006: 16–19, figs. 9A, 10).

Occurrence: cosmopolitan, Atlantic and Pacific deep waters; from the Caribbean north to west of Greenland (O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005), east to the West European Basin and south to Southern Africa (Bohn 2006).

Depth: 2,610 – 5,415 m (O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005, Bohn 2006).

Habitat: mud (Perrier 1902).

Remarks: see remarks under Molpadiodemas villosus.

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

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References

  • Perrier, R. (1898) Sur les Holothuries recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman. Comptes Rendus Academie Sciences, Paris, 126, 1664 - 1666.
  • Deichmann, E. (1930) The Holothurians of the Western Part of the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo ˆ logy at Harvard College, 71, 43 - 236.
  • Perrier, R. (1902) Holothuries. In: Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les Annees 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Ouvrage publie sous les auspices du ministere de l'instruction publique sous la direction de A. Milne-Edwards de 1888 a 1890 et continue par E. Perrier. Vol. 7. Masson et Cie, Editeurs, Paris, pp. 273 - 554.
  • O'Loughlin, P. M. & Ahearn, C. (2005) A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 62 (2), 147 - 179. https: // doi. org / 10.24199 / j. mmv. 2005.62.5
  • Bohn, J. M. (2006) Crinoidea and Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the abyssal Angola Basin-Results of the DIVA- 1 expedition of FS " Meteor " (Cruise M 48 / 1). Zootaxa, 1276 (1), 1 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1276.1.1