Hymenaster anomalus Sladen, 1882

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 : 59

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scientific name	Hymenaster anomalus Sladen, 1882
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Hymenaster anomalus Sladen, 1882 View in CoL

Reports for the Azores:

Hymenaster anomalus Sladen, 1882 View in CoL — $ Dilman 2008: 141.

Type locality: Mid-Atlantic Ridge , North of Tristan da Cunha (32°24’S, 13°05’W) GoogleMaps .

See: Sladen (1889: 512–514, pl. 89, figs. 3–4, pl. 91, figs. 4–6); Downey (1973: 75, pl. 32: figs. A–B); A.M. Clark & Downey (1992: 315–316, figs. 49a–c, pl. 76, figs. C–D).

Occurrence: Western Atlantic, known from Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Tristan da Cunha ( Clark & Downey 1992), also from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores ( Dilman 2008).

Depth: 1,984 –3,050 m ( Clark & Downey 1992, Dilman 2008); AZO: 2,954 –3,050 m ( Dilman 2008).

Habitat: soft sediments (pteropod ooze; Sladen 1889).

Remarks: the West Atlantic Hymenaster anomalus was recently recorded from northern Azorean waters by Dilman (2008), expanding its geographical range to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge northwest waters.

References

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

Dilman, A. B. (2008) Asteroid fauna of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge with description of a new species Hymenasterides mironovi sp. nov. Marine Biology Research, 4 (1 - 2), 131 - 151. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 17451000701821736

Downey, M. E. (1973) Starfishes from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 126, 1 - 158. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.126

Sladen, W. P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H. M. S. Challenger Expedition. Part I, Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 16, 189 - 246. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1882. tb 02281. x

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.