Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977

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 : 95

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583293

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scientific name

Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977
status

 

Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977 View in CoL

Reports for the Azores:

Ophidiaster reyssi $ Sibuet, 1977: 1085–1090 View in CoL , figs. 1A–C; $ A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 282, pl. 69, figs. G, H.

Type locality: Azores (39°33’00”N, 31°17’30”W) GoogleMaps .

See: Sibuet (1977); A.M. Clark & Downey (1992).

Occurrence: known only from the Azores ( Sibuet 1977) and the Mediterranean Sea (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992).

Depth: 128–350 m (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992); AZO: 350 m ( Sibuet 1977).

Habitat: hard substrate ( Sibuet 1977).

Remarks: Ophidiaster reyssi was described by Sibuet (1977) based on an individual collected in Azores by the oceanographic mission Biacores (by the research vessel Jean Charcot). A.M. Clark & Downey (1992) reported a second specimen from the Mediterranean Sea (near Sicily), expanding the geographical distribution of Ophidiaster reyssi , which was otherwise known only from the holotype.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Valvatida

Family

Ophidiasteridae

Genus

Ophidiaster

Loc

Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977

Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P. 2019
2019
Loc

Ophidiaster reyssi $ Sibuet, 1977: 1085–1090

Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. 1992: 282
1992
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