Pseudostichopus occultatus Marenzeller 1893
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Holothuroidea
- order
- Aspidochirotida
- family
- Synallactidae
- genus
- Pseudostichopus
- species
- Pseudostichopus occultatus
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Mediterranean Sea. See: O’Loughlin & Ahearn (2005: 173 – 174); Mecho et al. (2014: 288 – 289, figs. 8 A – D). Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea, reported also from Cape Finisterre, Galicia (NE Atlantic; O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005). Depth: 363 – 2,250 m (O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005, Mecho et al. 2014). Habitat: mud (Marenzeller 1893). Remarks: Hérouard (1902) reported Pseudostichopus occultatus based on the material collected by Princesse Alice at two stations in Azorean waters (sta 527: 38 ° 08 ’ 00 ” N, 23 ° 15 ’ 45 ” W; sta 650: 36 ° 54 ’ 00 ” N, 20 ° 46 ’ 15 ” W). Later, Hérouard (1923) transferred these specimens to two newly described species P. lapidus (sta 527) and P. marenzelleri (sta 650). Both species are considered synonyms of P. peripatus.