Ophiotypa simplex Koehler, 1897a

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 : 26

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583068

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Ophiotypa simplex Koehler, 1897a
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Ophiotypa simplex Koehler, 1897a

Reports for the Azores:

Ophiotypa simplex Koehler, 1897 a— $ Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972 t: 416; Paterson 1985: 144–145, fig. 55; Jesus & Fonseca 1999: 347, fig. 3; Martynov & Litvinova 2008: 81–82, fig. 2F; Smirnov et al. 2014: 204.

Type locality: Gulf of Bengal , Indian Ocean .

See: Koehler (1897a: 281–283, pl. 5, figs. 1–3); Paterson (1985); Martynov & Litvinova (2008).

Occurrence: cosmopolitan, present in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian deep waters; from the Venezuelan Basin in the Caribbean ( Paterson 1985) eastwards to the Azores ( Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972) and? Portugal ( Jesus & Fonseca 1999), south to waters between Cape Verde and NW Africa ( Koehler 1906b); also recorded from the Reykjanes Ridge (S of Iceland; Martynov & Litvinova (2008).

Depth: (? 27 m) 1,670 –4,412 m ( Jesus & Fonseca 1999, Paterson 1985, Martynov & Litvinova 2008); AZO: 3,665 m ( Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972).

Habitat: soft substrates ( Koehler 1909).

Remarks: historically, Ophiotypa simplex has been recorded at several locations between the Azores and Iberian waters (e.g., Koehler 1906b, 1909). Cherbonnier & Sibuet (1972) published the only report of this species inside the archipelago waters based on the material collected by Jean Charcot (Noratlante cruise, sta P63 E8: 36°48’05”N, 27°06W’, 3,665 m). The report from Portugal by Jesus & Fonseca (1999) may represent a different species since it was collected at 27 m, far too shallow for this abyssal species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiurida

Family

Ophiuridae

Genus

Ophiotypa

Loc

Ophiotypa simplex Koehler, 1897a

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

Ophiotypa simplex

Koehler 1897
1897
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