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 1 1 231 journal article 26164 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1 812e0570-38c6-4f6e-840c-7d52d87a8c12 1175-5326 PMC6910866 31712455 3342161 B1690E30-EC81-46D3-881D-97648DDC7745 Benthothuria funebris Perrier, 1898 Reports for the Azores : Benthothuria funebris Perrier, 1899 — $ Gebruk 2008: 50 , 51. Type locality: off Cape Blanc, NW Africa . See: Perrier (1902: 365–371) ; Rogacheva et al . (2013: 591 , figs. 17B, 19B). Occurrence: East Atlantic, from Greenland eastwards from the Rockall Trough ( Gage et al . 1985 ) south to Angola ( Jones et al . 2014 ), including the Azores ( Gebruk 2008 ). Depth: 782– 3,757 m ( Rogacheva et al . 2013 ); AZO : 2,954 –2,968 m ( Gebruk 2008 ). Habitat: soft sediment, from mud to sand (with shells and corals; Perrier 1902 ); may be able to swim ( Rogacheva et al . 2013 ). Remarks: Recently, Gebruk (2008) identified the species B . funebris among material collected at the north border of the Azorean EEZ ( G.O. Sars , MAR–ECO cruise, sta 40/367: 42°55’N , 30°20’W , 2,954 –2,968 m ).