Ophiocten centobi Paterson et al. 1982
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Ophiurida
- family
- Ophiuridae
- genus
- Ophiocten
- species
- Ophiocten centobi
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Bay of Biscay (47 ° 44 ’ N, 08 ° 21 ’ W). See: Paterson et al. (1982: 119 – 121, figs. 6 – 7); St ̂ hr & Segonzac (2005). Occurrence: known only from the Bay of Biscay (Paterson et al. 1982) and in the vicinity of the deep-water hydrothermal systems on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Azores, such as Lucky Strike and Rainbow (St ̂ hr & Segonzac 2005). Depth: 1,680 – 2,837 m (AZO; St ̂ hr & Segonzac 2005). Habitat: coral and gravel detritic substrates (non-vent environments); also among mytilid bivalves, pteropod shells and Cynachira sponges (St ̂ hr & Segonzac 2005). Remarks: Ophiocten centobi was only known from the type material from the Bay of Biscay until St ̂ hr & Segonzac (2005) reported it from the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, south of the Azores.