Ophiocten centobi Paterson et al., 1982

Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2019, The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean), Zootaxa 4639 (1), pp. 1-231 : 51

Ophiocten centobi Paterson et al., 1982

Reports for the Azores:

Ophiocten centobi Paterson et al., 1982 — $ St̂hr & Segonzac 2005: 286, 394–395.

Type locality: Bay of Biscay (47°44’N, 08°21’W) .

See: Paterson et al. (1982: 119–121, figs. 6–7); St̂hr & Segonzac (2005).

Occurrence: known only from the Bay of Biscay ( Paterson et al. 1982) and in the vicinity of the deep-water hydrothermal systems on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Azores, such as Lucky Strike and Rainbow ( St̂hr & Segonzac 2005).

Depth: 1,680–2,837 m ( AZO; St̂hr & Segonzac 2005) .

Habitat: coral and gravel detritic substrates (non-vent environments); also among mytilid bivalves, pteropod shells and Cynachira sponges ( St̂hr & Segonzac 2005).

Remarks: Ophiocten centobi was only known from the type material from the Bay of Biscay until St̂hr & Segonzac (2005) reported it from the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, south of the Azores.