Pythonaster atlantidis $ A. H. Clark 1948
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Velatida
- family
- Myxasteridae
- genus
- Pythonaster
- species
- Pythonaster atlantidis
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: Azores (35 ° 37 ’ N, 30 ° 51 ’ W). See: A. M. Clark & Downey (1992); Mah et al. (2012). Occurrence: North Atlantic, from Hudson Canyon (38 ° 25 ’ N, 70 ° 52 ’ W; Mah et al. 2012) east to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (SW Ireland; Howell et al. 2002) and southern Azorean waters (A. H. Clark 1948). Depth: 2,976 – 4,877 m (Mah et al. 2012); AZO: 3,200 m (A. H. Clark 1948). Larval stage: possibly direct development (A. M. Clark & Downey 1992). Remarks: currently, P. atlantidis is known from the Azores only from the type specimen collected by Atlantis, at the border between the Azorean and Meteor Seamount.