Calveriosoma hystrix (Thomson 1872)
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Echinoidea
- order
- Echinothurioida
- family
- Echinothuriidae
- genus
- Calveriosoma
- species
- Calveriosoma hystrix
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: between Faeroe Island and Scotland (59 ° 26 ’ N, 8 ° 23 ’ W). See: Mortensen (1903: 70 – 72, as Calveria hystrix; 1935). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, from off SW Iceland (Mortensen 1903) southwards to Northeast African waters (Koehler 1909, Mortensen 1927 b), including the Azores (Koehler 1909), and the Canaries (Mortensen 1927 b), and Meteor seamounts (Koehler 1898). Depth: 360 – 1,800 m (Mortensen 1935); AZO: 800 – 1,528 m (Koehler 1898, 1909). Habitat: on sand, mud to soft ooze (Koehler 1898, Gage et al. 1985). Larval stage: lecithotrophic (Emlet 1995). Remarks: historically, Calveriosoma hystrix was frequently confused and in many instances regarded as conspecific with Araeosoma fenestratum (Mortensen 1903, 1935), another echinoid native to the archipelago deep waters (see above). As a result, older records particular prior to the review by Mortensen (1903) should be regarded with caution considering that they could be referring to either of the two species.
Name
- Homonyms
- Calveriosoma hystrix (Thomson 1872)