Ophioplinthus tessellata (Verrill 1894)
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Ophiurida
- family
- Ophiuridae
- genus
- Ophioplinthus
- species
- Ophioplinthus tessellata
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: east coast of North America, between 39 ° 35 ’ N and 41 ° 47 ’ N. See: Verrill (1894: 290 – 293, as Ophioglypha tessellata); Paterson (1985); Martynov & Litvinova (2008). Occurrence: North Atlantic, from Greenland (Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972) to south of Block Island (off the coast of Rhode Island; Paterson 1985), eastwards from south of Iceland (Mortensen 1933 a), in European waters south to Cape Verde, and along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south to the Azores (Koehler 1909, Martynov & Litvinova 2008). Depth: 433 – 4,706 m (Smirnov et al. 2014); AZO: 1,919 – 2,870 m (Koehler 1896 b, 1909). Habitat: soft substrates (Koehler 1909). Larval stage: lecithotrophic (Kasyanov et al. 1998). Remarks: Koehler (1906 b, 1909) reported O. tessellata in the Azores (Talisman, sta 248: 41 ° 40 ' 41 " N, 26 ° 44 ' 09 " W, 2870 m; Princesse Alice, sta 738: 37 ° 40 ' N, 26 ° 26 ' 15 " W, 1919 m). Later, Cherbonnier & Sibuet (1977) also recorded this relatively large species in the area (Noratlante, sta P 65 B 10: 36 ° 58 ' 02 " N, 26 ° 20 ' W, 2870 m). No other material was reported in the Azores.