Molpadiodemas atlanticus (Perrier 1898)
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Holothuroidea
- order
- Aspidochirotida
- family
- Synallactidae
- genus
- Molpadiodemas
- species
- Molpadiodemas atlanticus
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: between the Azores and European waters (42 ° 19 ’ 00 ” N, 21 ° 15 ’ 46 ” W). See: Perrier (1902: 333 – 337, pl. 17, figs. 15 – 20, as Pseudostichopus atlanticus); O’Loughlin & Ahearn (2005: 153, figs. 3 a, b, 4 a – d, 6 a, b); Bohn (2006: 16 – 19, figs. 9 A, 10). Occurrence: cosmopolitan, Atlantic and Pacific deep waters; from the Caribbean north to west of Greenland (O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005), east to the West European Basin and south to Southern Africa (Bohn 2006). Depth: 2,610 – 5,415 m (O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005, Bohn 2006). Habitat: mud (Perrier 1902). Remarks: see remarks under Molpadiodemas villosus.