Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906a)

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 : 53

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scientific name	Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906a)
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Reports for the Azores:

Ophioglypha imprudens $ Koehler, 1906a: 8 –10, pl. 1, figs. 7–8, 1906b: 256–257, pl. 18, figs. 9–10;

Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906) — Mortensen 1927a: 234; Gage et al. 1983: 298; $ Paterson 1985: 117–118, fig. 42; Jesus & Abreu 1998: 63.

Type locality: Azores (38°23’00”N, 28°49’46”W) GoogleMaps .

See: Koehler (1906a, b); Paterson (1985).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, known for the Azores (Koehler 1906b), Madeira ( Jesus & Abreu 1998), Rockall Bank ( Gage et al. 1983) and Portuguese mainland ( Jesus & Fonseca 1999).

Depth: 75–560 m (Koehler 1906b, Jesus & Abreu 1998); AZO: 560 m (Koehler, 1906b).

Habitat: soft bottoms, sandy gravel to muddy sediments (Koehler 1906b, Jesus & Fonseca 1999).

Remarks: Ophiura imprudens is only known from the archipelago by the type specimen. See also remarks under O. carnea L̹tken, 1858.

Gage, J. D., Billett, D. S. M., Jensen, M. & Tyler, P. A. (1983) Echinoderms of the Rockall Trough and adjacent areas. I. Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 45, 263 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 28002

Jesus, D. & Abreu, A. D. (1998) Contribution to the knowledge of the soft bottom echinoderms of Madeira Island. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (Historia Natural), 50 (286), 59 - 69., 4 figs.

Jesus, D. C. & Fonseca, L. C. (1999) First records of 13 echinoderm species on the southwest coast of Portugal. Boletin Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, 15 (1 - 4), 343 - 349.

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

Paterson, G. L. J. (1985) The deep-sea Ophiuroidea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 49 (1), 1 - 162.