Ophiura imprudens ( Koehler, 1906a )

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 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1
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scientific name	Ophiura imprudens ( Koehler, 1906a )
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Treatment

Ophiura imprudens ( Koehler, 1906a) View in CoL

Reports for the Azores:

Ophioglypha imprudens $ Koehler, 1906a: 8–10 , pl. 1, figs. 7–8, 1906b: 256–257, pl. 18, figs. 9–10;

Ophiura imprudens ( Koehler, 1906) View in CoL — Mortensen 1927a: 234; Gage et al. 1983: 298; $ Paterson 1985: 117–118, fig. 42; Jesus & Abreu 1998: 63.

Type locality: Azores (38°23’00”N, 28°49’46”W) GoogleMaps .

See: Koehler (1906a, b); Paterson (1985).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, known for the Azores ( Koehler 1906b), Madeira ( Jesus & Abreu 1998), Rockall Bank ( Gage et al. 1983) and Portuguese mainland ( Jesus & Fonseca 1999).

Depth: 75–560 m ( Koehler 1906 b, Jesus & Abreu 1998); AZO: 560 m ( Koehler, 1906b).

Habitat: soft bottoms, sandy gravel to muddy sediments ( Koehler 1906b, Jesus & Fonseca 1999).

Remarks: Ophiura imprudens is only known from the archipelago by the type specimen. See also remarks under O. carnea L̹tken, 1858.