The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
Author
Madeira, Patrícia
Author
Kroh, Andreas
Author
Cordeiro, Ricardo
Author
De, António M.
Author
Martins, Frias
Author
Ávila, Sérgio P.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-19
4639
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journal article
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Ophioconis forbesi
(
Heller, 1863
)
Reports for the
Azores
:
Ophioconis forbesi
L̹tken, 1869
—
$
Koehler 1896a: 213
,
1898: 58
;
Ophioconis forbesi
(
Heller, 1863
)
—
$
Koehler 1909: 141
;
Koehler 1921b: 89–90
, fig. 59;
Mortensen 1927a: 227
;
Tortonese 1965: 262–263
, fig. 120;
Pereira 1997: 332
;
García-Diez
et al
. 2005: 50
;
Micael &
Costa
2010: 322
;
Micael
et al
. 2012: 3
.
Type
locality:
Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea).
See:
Heller (1863: 422–424
, pl. 2, figs. 5–8)
Koehler (1921b)
;
Tortonese (1965)
.
Occurrence:
Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to Moroccan coasts (
Tortonese 1965
), including the archipelagos of the
Azores
(
Koehler 1909
) and
Canaries
(
Hernández
et al
. 2013
), and the seamounts of Josephine, Seine and Gettysburg (
Koehler 1909
).
Depth:
20–230 m
(
Koehler 1921b
,
Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972
);
AZO
:
98–130 m
(
Koehler 1898
,
1909
).
Habitat:
sand, gravel and shells to rock; also among coralligenous algae; found in association with
Ophiura albida
Forbes, 1939 (
Koehler 1921b
)
.
Remarks:
Koehler (1896a
,
1898
,
1909
) identified the only two specimens of
Ophioconis forbesi
known from the
Azores
, collected by
Hirondelle
(sta 226:
38°31’19”N
,
28°34’31”W
,
130 m
) and
Princesse Alice
(sta 882:
38°03’40”N
,
28°34’45”W
,
98 m
).