Persephonaster sphenoplax ( Bell, 1892 )

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 : 78

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scientific name	Persephonaster sphenoplax ( Bell, 1892 )
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Persephonaster sphenoplax ( Bell, 1892) View in CoL

Reports for the Azores:

Astropecten sphenoplax Bell, 1892 View in CoL — $ Koehler 1909: 42, pl. 17, fig. 8; Mortensen 1927a: 59; Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972: 374;

Persephonaster humilis ( Koehler, 1907a) View in CoL — $ Koehler 1909: 61–62, pl. 19, figs. 2–4; Mortensen 1927a: 64;

Persephonaster sphenoplax ( Bell, 1892) View in CoL — $ A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 65–66, figs. 14e, f. h–j, I, 15i, j, pl. 20, figs. A–C; García-Diez et al. 2005: 46.

Type locality: NW of Ireland .

See: A.M. Clark & Downey (1992).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, from the Rockall Trough (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992) to the northern part of the Bay of Biscay ( Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972) and in the Azores ( Koehler 1909); possibly also in the SE of Florida (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992).

Depth: (?675)820– 1,187 m ( AZO: 845– 1,187 m; Koehler 1909, A.M. Clark & Downey 1992).

Habitat: soft to hard substrates ( Koehler 1909).

Remarks: A.M. Clark & Downey (1992) remarked that Bell’s incomplete original descriptions might have led Koehler (1909) to fail to recognise Persephonaster sphenoplax in the Azorean material he used to erect Persephonaster humilis . The former authors compared material belonging to both species and concluded them to be conspecific, dismissing morphological differences as size-related.

References

Bell, F. J. (1892) Catalogue of the British echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). Trustees of the British Museum, London, xvii + 202 pp.

Cherbonnier, G. & Sibuet, M. (1972) Resultats scientifiques de la campagne Noratlante: Asterides et Ophiurides. Bulletin du Museum National D'histoire Naturelle, 102 (76), 1333 - 1394.

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.

Koehler, R. (1907 a) Note preliminaire sur quelques Asteries et Ophiures provenant des campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco, 99, 1 - 47.

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.

Mortensen, T. (1927 a) Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Oxford University Press, viii + 471 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6841