Ophiacantha lineata $ Koehler 1896
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Ophiurida
- family
- Ophiacanthidae
- genus
- Ophiacantha
- species
- Ophiacantha lineata
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Azores (38 ° 26 ’ N, 26 ° 30 ’ 45 ” W). See: Koehler (1896 b); Bartsch (1987: 122 – 123, figs. 20 – 21); Paterson (1985). Occurrence: North Atlantic, from Florida eastwards from Rockall to Western Sahara, including the Azores (Paterson 1985). Depth: 500 – 3,175 m (Koehler 1914 a, Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972); AZO: 1,165 – 1,378 m (Koehler 1909, 1921 a). Habitat: soft sediments, sand with coral and shells (Koehler 1914 a). Remarks: Koehler (1896 b, 1909) described Ophiacantha lineata based on specimens collected in the Azores by Princesse Alice (sta 578: 38 ° 26 ’ N, 26 ° 30 ’ 45 ” W, 1,165 m). Koehler (1921 a) found further material from the archipelago on a later expedition by Hirondelle II (sta 3140: 37 ° 38 ’ N, 26 ° 01 ’ W, 1,378 m). No other material is known from the archipelago.
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophiacantha lineata $ Koehler 1896