Ophioconis forbesi L̹tken, 1869 — $ Koehler 1896a: 213, 1898: 58;
Ophioconis forbesi (Heller, 1863) — $ Koehler 1909: 141; Koehler 1921b: 89–90, fig. 59; Mortensen 1927a: 227; Tortonese 1965: 262–263, fig. 120; Pereira 1997: 332; García-Diez et al. 2005: 50; Micael & Costa 2010: 322; Micael et al. 2012: 3.
Type locality: Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea).
See: Heller (1863: 422–424, pl. 2, figs. 5–8) Koehler (1921b); Tortonese (1965).
Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to Moroccan coasts (Tortonese 1965), including the archipelagos of the Azores (Koehler 1909) and Canaries (Hernández et al. 2013), and the seamounts of Josephine, Seine and Gettysburg (Koehler 1909).
Depth: 20–230 m (Koehler 1921b, Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972); AZO: 98–130 m (Koehler 1898, 1909).
Habitat: sand, gravel and shells to rock; also among coralligenous algae; found in association with Ophiura albida Forbes, 1939 (Koehler 1921b).
Remarks: Koehler (1896a, 1898, 1909) identified the only two specimens of Ophioconis forbesi known from the Azores, collected by Hirondelle (sta 226: 38°31’19”N, 28°34’31”W, 130 m) and Princesse Alice (sta 882: 38°03’40”N, 28°34’45”W, 98 m).