Ophioconis forbesi (Heller 1863)
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Ophiurida
- family
- Ophiodermatidae
- genus
- Ophioconis
- species
- Ophioconis forbesi
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea). See: Heller (1863: 422 – 424, pl. 2, figs. 5 – 8) Koehler (1921 b); 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 1921 b, 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 1921 b). Remarks: Koehler (1896 a, 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).
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophioconis forbesi (Heller 1863)