Peniagone longipapillata $ Gebruk 2008
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Holothuroidea
- order
- Elasipodida
- family
- Elpidiidae
- genus
- Peniagone
- species
- Peniagone longipapillata
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, north of the Azores waters (43 ° 01 ’ N, 28 ° 33 ’ W). See: Gebruk (2008); Rogacheva et al. (2013: 606 – 608, figs. 12 K – M, 17 O, 18 F, G, P). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone to the north of the Azores (Gebruk 2008) and eastwards to the Whittard Canyon and Porcupine Seabight (Rogacheva et al. 2013). Depth: 2,272 – 3,500 m (Rogacheva et al. 2012, 2013); AZO: 2,954 – 3,050 m (Gebruk 2008). Habitat: frequent swimmer (benthopelagic; Rogacheva et al. 2013). Remarks: Gebruk (2008) recently reported specimens belonging to Peniagone longipapillata among the material taken in northern Azorean waters (G. O. Sars, MAR – ECO, sta 40 / 367: 42 ° 55 ’ N, 30 ° 20 ’ W, 2,954 – 2,968 m; sta 46 / 372: 42 ° 46 ’ N, 29 ° 16 ’ W; 3,005 – 3,050 m). This holothurian was observed swimming for the first time by Rogacheva et al. (2012) and classified by these authors as a frequent swimmer, though spending most of its time feeding on the sea floor.