Ophiotoma alberti (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
- Ophiotoma
- species
- Ophiotoma alberti
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Azores (38 ° 09 ’ 00 ” N, 23 ° 15 ’ 45 ” W). See: Paterson (1985); Martynov (2010: 97 – 103, figs. 66 A – E, 67 A – C, 68 A – I). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic; recorded from several scattered locations in the Atlantic, including the Reykjanes Ridge area (c. 58 ° 30 ’ N, 31 ° 29 ’ W; Martynov 2010) and Rockall Trough, south to the Bay of Biscay and the Azores (Paterson 1985); it was also recorded in the Southern Hemisphere (51 ° 07 ’ S, 9 ° 31 ’ W; Mortensen 1927 a). Depth: 1,684 – 4,354 m (Paterson 1985, Martynov 2010); AZO: 4,020 m (Koehler 1909). Habitat: soft substrates (Koehler 1906 b). Remarks: Ophiotoma alberti was described by Koehler (1896 b, 1909; as Ophiotrema alberti) based on two specimens collected by Princesse Alice in the Azores (sta 527: 38 ° 09 ’ N, 23 ° 15 ’ 45 ” W, 4,020 m), the only material known so far from the archipelago.
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophiotoma alberti (Koehler 1896)