Ophiomusium lymani Thomson 1873
Description
Ophiomusium lymani Thomson, 1873
Reports for the Azores:
Ophiomusium lymani Thomson, 1873 — $ Lyman 1878: 113, 1882: 90; $ Koehler 1896a: 204, 1898: 42, 1906b: 264–265, 1909: 161, pl. 3, fig. 4, pl. 4, fig. 1, 1921a: 3; $ Sibuet 1972: 122; $ Paterson 1985: 147–148, fig. 58; Pérès 1992: 254, 255, 257, 258; García-Diez et al. 2005: 49.
Type locality: Rockall Trough, off SW of Ireland.
See: Paterson (1985).
Occurrence: cosmopolitan, recorded in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans (Paterson 1985); in the Atlantic from the Davis Strait (Mortensen 1933a) to Caribbean waters (Koehler 1914a), eastwards from Iceland (Mortensen 1933a) to southern Namibia (Alva & Vadon 1989), including the Azores, Canaries and Tristan da Cunha (Lyman 1882, Koehler 1906b).
Depth: 651– 4,829 m (Paterson 1985); AZO: 1,384 –3,300 m (Koehler 1898, Pérès 1992).
Habitat: soft sediments, clay, mud to ooze (Lyman 1882, Koehler 1909); an opportunistic scavenger or carnivore that moves over or nestles into the sediment surface without burrowing (Gage et al. 1983).
Larval stage: lecithotrophic (Gage & Tyler 1982).
Remarks: Ophiomusium lymani was reported by almost every historical oceanographic expedition made in the Azores waters (e.g., H.M.S. Challenger, Hirondelle, Princesse Alice). Pérès (1992) commented that this species appears to be quite abundant in the Azores at depths between 2,000 and 3,300 m.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Ophiurida
- Family
- Ophiolepididae
- Genus
- Ophiomusium
- Species
- lymani
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiomusium lymani Thomson, 1873 sec. Madeira, Kroh, Cordeiro, De, Martins & Ávila, 2019
References
- Thomson, W. (1873) The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London, 527 pp.
- Lyman, T. (1878) Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the " Challenger " expedition. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo ˆ logy at Harvard College, 5 (7), 65 - 168.
- Lyman, T. (1882) Report on the Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger 1873 - 1876, Zoology, 5 (14), 1 - 386.
- Koehler, R. (1896 a) Note preliminaire sur les Ophiures recueillies pendant les campagnes de " L'Hirondelle ". Memoires. Societe Zoologique de France, 9, 203 - 213.
- Koehler, R. (1898) Echinides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre- Neuve). Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 12, 1 - 78.
- Koehler, R. (1906 b) Ophiures. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman, 8, 245 - 311.
- 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.
- Sibuet, M. (1972) Echinodermes recoltes lors de la mission du Bathyscaphe Archimede aux Acores en 1969. Publications du Centre national pour l'exploitation des oceians. Reisultats des campagnes aI la mer, 3, 121 - 123.
- 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.
- Peres, J. M. (1992) Le bathyscaphe francais Archimede aux Acores: etude bionomique et ecologique du benthos profond. Acoreana, Suplemento, 237 - 264.
- 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.
- Mortensen, T. (1933 a) Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf Expedition, 4 b (8), 1 - 121.
- Koehler, R. (1914 a) A Contribution to the Study of Ophiurans of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 84, 1 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.84.1
- Alva, V. & Vadon, C. (1989) Ophiuroids from the western coast of Africa (Namibia and Guinea-Bissau). Scientia Marina, 53, 827 - 845.
- Gage, J. D., Billett, D. S. M., Jensen, M. & Tyler, P. A. (1983) Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 45, 263 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 28002
- Gage, J. D. & Tyler, P. A. (1982) Growth and reproduction of the deep-sea brittlestar Ophiomusium lymani Wyville Thomson. Oceanologica Acta, 5, 73 - 83.