Ophiacantha veterna Koehler 1907
Creators
- 1. Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666 E, Melbourne, 3001, AUSTRALIA,
- 2. Natural History Museum of Luxembourg, 24 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg
Description
Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907a
Fig. 6A–B
Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907a: 41–43.— Koehler 1909: 189–190, pl. 29(3–4). — Koehler 1921 b: 2.— Martynov & Litvinova 2008: 96–97, fig. 11d.
Ophiacantha enopla veterna.— Paterson 1985: 37, fig. 16.— Stöhr & Segonzac 2005: 392.
Material examined. MD 50 CP7, MNHN IE.2009.1562 (2). MD 50 CP113, MNHN IE.2009.1563 (1).
Distribution. Arctic (1992–1995 m), NE Atlantic (1350–2669 m), E Atlantic (1004–1679 m), SPA (940–1680 m).
Remarks. The MD 50 specimens are 6.5–7.0 mm dd, disc pentagonal or slightly indented interradially, with margin covered in small rugose granules and centre with small cylindrical spines with terminal thorns, radial shields raised and rib like with oval distal section exposed (Fig. 6A), oral shields trapezoid to hemispherical, two times as wide as long, three to four conical to capitate rugose oral papillae (Fig. 6B), DAPs fan to kite-shaped and separate, to eight arm spines with tiny thorns, upper to three segments long and one tiny spiniform thorny tentacle scale. They are morphologically consistent with material from the North Atlantic including the type description. Although Paterson (1985) considered this species to be a subspecies of Ophiacantha enopla Verrill, 1885, Martynov & Litvinova (2008) re-established O. veterna as a full species. Paterson’s (1985) record of this species from 101 m is a depth outlier that requires re-examination. All other records are from 1000–2700 m.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ophiacanthidae
- Genus
- Ophiacantha
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ophiacanthida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- Koehler
- Species
- veterna
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiacantha veterna Koehler, 1907 sec. O'Hara & Thuy, 2022
References
- Koehler, R. (1907 a) Note preliminaire sur quelques Asterias et Ophiures provenant des campagnes de la ' Princesse Alice'. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, 99, 1 - 47.
- Koehler, R. (1909) Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht ' Princesse Alice' (Asteries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoides). Resultats des Scientifiques Campagnes du Prince de Monaco, 34, 1 - 317, 32 pls.
- Koehler, R. (1921) Echinodermes (asteries, ophiures, echinides, et crinoides) des dernieres campagnes de la Princesse-Alice et de l'Hirondelle II. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, 396, 1 - 8.
- Martynov, A. V. & Litvinova, N. M. (2008) Deep-water Ophiuroidea of the northern Atlantic with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic remarks on certain genera and species. Marine Biology Research, 4, 76 - 111. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 17451000701840066
- Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 49, 1 - 162.
- Stohr, S. & Segonzac, M. (2005) Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 383 - 402. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315405011318 h
- Verrill, A. E. (1885) Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 11. American Journal of Science, 29, 149 - 157. https: // doi. org / 10.2475 / ajs. s 3 - 29.170.149