Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman 1883
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Ophiurida
- family
- Ophiomyxidae
- genus
- Ophiomyxa
- species
- Ophiomyxa serpentaria
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Faeroe Channel (59 ° 56 ’ N, 6 ° 27 ’ W). See: Lyman (1883: 274, pl. 8, figs. 114 – 116); Paterson (1985). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, from the Denmark Strait and Iceland southwards to the northwest African coast, including the Azores (Mortensen 1933 a, Paterson 1985). Depth: 450 – 2,440 m (Paterson 1985); AZO: 599 – 1,095 m (Koehler 1909). Habitat: sand (Koehler 1909), rock and coralligenous substrates (Cherbonnier 1969). Larval stage: lecithotrophic (Mortensen 1933 a). Remarks: Ophiomyxa serpentaria is only known in the Azores from three poorly preserved specimens collected by Princesse Alice and reported by Koehler (1909) (sta 866: 38 ° 52 ’ 50 ” N, 27 ° 23 ’ 05 ” W, 599 m; sta 1344: 38 ° 45 ’ 30 ” N, 28 ° 07 ’ 45 ” W, 1,095 m).
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophiomyxa serpentaria Lyman 1883