Benthogone rosea Koehler 1896
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Holothuroidea
- order
- Elasipodida
- family
- Laetmogonidae
- genus
- Benthogone
- species
- Benthogone rosea
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Bay of Biscay. See: Koehler (1896 c: 114 – 117, figs. 2, 3, 36, 37); Hansen (1975: 48 – 49, fig. 15). Occurrence: cosmopolitan; in the Atlantic from Ireland (Mortensen 1927 a) south to Cape Verde, including the Azores, Madeira and Canaries (Hérouard 1923, Grieg 1932); recorded elsewhere off Kenya and north of New Zealand (Hansen 1975). Depth: 450 – 2,480 m (Cherbonnier 1970, Hansen 1975), common at about 2,000 m (Gage et al. 1985); AZO: 1,900 m (Hérouard 1923). Habitat: epibenthic deposit-feeder on muddy sand to Globigerina ooze substrates (Hérouard 1923, Bisoll et al. 1984). Larval stage: direct development (Tyler et al. 1985 c). Remarks: Hérouard (1923) identified the only known specimen from the Azores, collected by Princesse Alice (sta 1334: 39 ° 30 ’ N, 29 ° 02 ’ 15 ” W, 1,900 m).
Name
- Homonyms
- Benthogone rosea Koehler 1896