Benthodytes valdiviae Hansen, 1975

Reports for the Azores:

Benthodythes aff. valdiviae Hansen, 1975 — $ Gebruk 2008: 50;

Benthodytes valdiviae Hansen, 1975 — Gebruk et al. 2014: 159–160.

Type locality: off Western Sahara (24°35’N, 17°05’W) .

See: Hansen (1975: 82–84, figs. 30–31).

Occurrence: Atlantic, known from off the coast of the Western Sahara, off south-western Cape (South Africa; Thandar 1999) and north of the Azores (Gebruk 2008).

Depth: 2,480 –3,050 m (Hansen 1975, Gebruk 2008); AZO: 3,005 –3,050 m (Gebruk 2008).

Remarks: the poorly known holothurian Benthodytes valdiviae was identified by Gebruk (2008) among the material collected in the northernmost waters of the Azorean EEZ (G.O. Sars, MAR–ECO cruise, sta 46/372: 42°46’N, 29°16’W, 3,005 –3,050 m).