Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus ( Verrill, 1885a )

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 : 72

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scientific name	Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus ( Verrill, 1885a )
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Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus ( Verrill, 1885a) View in CoL

Reports for the Azores:

Pontaster venustus $ Sladen, 1889: 52–55 View in CoL , pl. 8, figs. 5, 6, pl. 12, figs. 5, 6; $ Perrier 1894: 287–288, 1896a: 47; $ Koehler 1909: 14–15, pl. 1, fig. 13;

Pectinaster (Pontaster) venustus Sladen, 1889 — $ Koehler 1921a: 2;

Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus ( Verrill, 1885a) View in CoL — $ A.M. Clark 1981: 117–118, figs. 4i–r, 5c; A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 129–130, figs. 22d–e, 23b, pl. 31, figs. D–H; Benavides-Serrato et al. 2011: 142;

Cheiraster sepitus ( Verrill, 1885) View in CoL — Harvey et al. 1988: 160–161; García-Diez et al. 2005: 47.

Type locality: S of Cape Sable , Nova Scotia, USA .

See: A.M. Clark (1981); A.M. Clark & Downey (1992); Benavides–Serrato et al. (2011).

Occurrence: North Atlantic, from Nova Scotia south to the Caribbean (A.M. Clark 1981), east from west of Iceland (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992) and the Rockall Trough ( Harvey et al. 1988) southwards to the Cape Verde area including the Azores ( Koehler 1909).

Depth: 304– 3,706 m ( Benavides–Serrato et al. 2011), mostly 1,000 –2,000 m GoogleMaps (A.M. Clark 1981); AZO: 1,165 – 3,706 m ( Sladen 1889).

Habitat: soft bottoms, muddy sand to ooze ( Koehler 1909).

Remarks: the inaccurate original description of the type material by Verrill (1885a) and subsequent multiplicity of synonymies resulted in an unclear geographical and bathymetric range for Cheiraster sepitus (A.M. Clark 1981; A.M. Clark & Downey 1992).

References

Benavides-Serrato, M., Borrero-Perez, G. H. & Diaz-Sanchez, C. M. (2011) Equinodermos del Caribe colombiano I: Crinoidea, Asteroidea y Ophiuoridea. Vol. 22. Serie de Publicaciones Especiales de Invemar, Santa Marta, 384 pp.

Clark, A. M. (1981) Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 41 (3), 91 - 135.

Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Natural History Museum Publications. Chapman & Hall, London, 794 pp.

Garcia-Diez, C., Porteiro, F. M., Meirinho, A., Cardigos, F. & Tempera, F. (2005) Taxonomic review of selected invertebrate groups collected during the Campaigns of the Prince Albert I of Monaco in the Azorean waters. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences, 22 A, 35 - 59.

Harvey, R., Gage, J. D., Billett, D. S. M., Clark, A. M. & Paterson, G. L. J. (1988) Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. 3. Additional records. Bulletin British Museum Natural History, Zoology, 54, 153 - 198.

Koehler, R. (1909) Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (Asteries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoides). Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 34, 1 - 317.

Koehler, R. (1921 a) Echinodermes (Asteries, Ophiures, Echinides et Crinoides) des dernieres campagnes de la Princesse-Alice et de l' Hirondelle II. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco, 396, 1 - 8.

Perrier, M. E. (1894) Stellerides. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman. Masson, Paris, 431 pp.

Perrier, M. E. (1896 a) Contribution a l'etude des stellerides de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre-Neuve). Resultats Des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies Par Le Prince Albert I, Monaco, 11, 1 - 571.

Sladen, W. P. (1889) Report on the Asteroidea collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Challenger series of reports, Zoology, 30, 1 - 893.

Verrill, A. E. (1885 a) Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England. The American Journal of Science, Series 3, 29, 149 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2475 / ajs. s 3 - 29.170.149