Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879

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 : 176-177

Erroneous— Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879

Reports for the Azores:

non Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879 — Hérouard 1902: 31–32, pl. 4, figs. 10–16 [misidentification]; Mortensen 1927a: 361 [based on Hérouard 1902]; Grieg 1932: 5, 46 [based on Hérouard 1902].

Type locality: off Chile, Southern Pacific Ocean .

See: Hansen (1975: 54–57, fig. 20); O’Loughlin (2002: 321).

Occurrence: Southern Ocean and Antarctica ( Hansen 1975).

Depth: 245– 4,410 m ( O’Loughlin 2002).

Habitat: soft substrates ( Hansen 1975).

Remarks: Hansen (1975) believed that all historical reports of Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni from the Atlantic were misidentifications of closely similar species such as L. violacea . However, on re-examination of the specimens identified by Hérouard (1902) from the Azores, Hansen suggested that these animals belonged to a yet unnamed new species (see also remarks under L. violacea ).