Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill 1885
- 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 aculeata
materials_examined
Reports for the Azores: Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill, 1885 — $ Martynov & Litvinova 2008: 90 – 91, figs. 7 A, 10. Type locality: off Virginia, USA (37 ° 50 ’ 00 ” N, 73 ° 03 ’ 50 ” W). See: Verrill (1885 a: 153; 1885 b: 443 – 444); Koehler (1914 a: 74 – 77, pl. 11, figs. 1 – 2); Martynov & Litvinova (2008). Occurrence: North Atlantic deep waters, from off Virginia to New England, eastwards to Rockall Trough, the Bay of Biscay to Iberian Basin, including in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, from Reykjanes Ridge to the north of the Azores (Martynov & Litvinova 2008). Depth: 1,650 – 3,584 m (AZO: 2,954 – 2,968 m; Martynov & Litvinova 2008). Habitat: soft sediments (Globigerina ooze; Verrill 1885 a). Remarks: Ophiacantha aculeata was recently identified by Martynov & Litvinova (2008) among the material collected by G. O. Sars (MAR – ECO expedition) at a station located at the northern border of the Azorean waters (sta 40 / 367: 42 ° 55 ’ N, 30 ° 20 ’ W, 2,954 – 2,968 m). This species has been historically confused with O. fraterna Verrill, 1885 c (Martynov & Litvinova 2008), a species also considered at one point conspecific or a variety of O. bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805). See remarks under the latter species.
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophiacantha aculeata Verrill 1885