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Ophiura (Dictenophiura) carnea Lutken 1858

Description

Ophiura (Dictenophiura) carnea Lütken, 1858

Material examined. Mercator MV, TTR15, stn AT569, 1 ind. (DBUA 001093.01).

Ecology and distribution. Ophiura carnea is reported from the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic from Norway south to the Cape Verde Islands at depths ranging 40 to 2857 m (Paterson 1985; Tyler & Fenaux, 1994). In the Gulf of Cadiz it was recorded at a single station located near an active seepage area in the crater of Mercator MV co-occurring with Amphiura chiajei, Amphiura filiformis and Amphilepis ingolfiana.

Notes

Published as part of Rodrigues, Clara F., Paterson, Gordon L. J., Cabrinovic, Andrew & Cunha, Marina R., 2011, Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2754 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276727

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References

  • Lutken, C. F. (1858) Systematisk oversight over Gronlands echinodemer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorik Forening I Kjobenhavn, 1857 (1 - 7), 1 - 109.
  • Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 49 (1), 1 - 162.
  • Tyler, P. A. & Fenaux, L. (1994) Cherchez la femme - is the upper bathyal ophiuroid Ophiura carnea the adult of Ophoipluteus compressus. Sarsia, 79, 45 - 52.