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Amphiura richardi $ Koehler 1896

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Amphiura richardi Koehler, 1896b Reports for the Azores:

Amphiura richardi $ Koehler, 1896b: 245–246, 1909: 178–179, pl. 27, figs. 1–2; Mortensen 1927a: 209; García-Diez et al. 2005: 49.

Type locality: Azores (38°26’00”N, 26°30’45”W).

See: Koehler (1909); Paterson (1985: 88).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic; a rare species known from the Bay of Biscay (Cherbonnier 1970) to the Azores (Koehler 1909) and? Canary Islands (Paterson 1985).

Depth: 850– 1,494 m (Koehler 1909, Cherbonnier 1970); AZO: 1,165 –1,494 m (Koehler 1909).

Habitat: soft to hard substrate (Koehler 1909).

Remarks: based on Talisman and Travailleur historical reports (e.g. Koehler 1906b, Perrier 1894), Paterson (1985) record of A. richardi from the Moroccan waters is erroneous, likely due to mislabelling. We believe that Paterson examined the same specimen reported by Koehler (1896b) from Bay of Biscay (Travailleur, sta 39, 1881: 44°05’N, 7°05’26”W). In contrast, we could not trace the original material on which Paterson (1985) based his record from the Canaries.

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

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References

  • Koehler, R. (1896 b) Note preliminaire sur les Ophiures des premieres campagnes de la " Princesse Alice ". Memoires. Societe Zoologique de France, 9, 241 - 253.
  • Koehler, R. (1909) Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Asteries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoides). Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 34, 1 - 317.
  • 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
  • Garcia-Diez, C., Porteiro, F. M., Meirinho, A., Cardigos, F. & Tempera, F. (2005) Taxonomic review of selected invertebrate groups collected during the Campaigns of the Prince Albert I of Monaco in the Azorean waters. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences, 22 A, 35 - 59.
  • 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.
  • Cherbonnier, G. (1970) Echinodermes recoltes par la " Thalassa " au large de cotes d'espagne et du Golfe de Gascogne (18 - 25 AOUT 1968). Bulletin Museum National Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 2 ª Serie, 41 (5), 1266 - 1277.
  • Koehler, R. (1906 b) Ophiures. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman, 8, 245 - 311.
  • Perrier, M. E. (1894) Stellerides. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman. Masson, Paris, 431 pp.