Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1895c

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 : 33

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scientific name	Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1895c
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Reports for the Azores:

Ophiacantha aristata Koehler, 1895 c— $ Koehler 1896a: 212, 1898: 55, 1906b: 288–289, 1909: 183, pl. 26, figs. 5–6, 1921a: 2; Mortensen 1927a: 191, 193–194, fig. 107; Grieg 1932: 38; Nobre 1938: 76–77; García-Diez et al. 2005: 49.

Type locality: Bay of Biscay .

See: Koehler (1896c: 81–86, figs. 43, 44); Rodrigues et al. (2011: 7, fig. 2).

Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, from the Reykjanes Ridge (S of Iceland; Copley et al. 1996) and British Isles to NW Africa ( Paterson 1985), including the Azores and Canaries ( Koehler 1909).

Depth: 658– 1,805 m ( Copley et al. 1996); AZO: 1,095 –1,740 m ( Koehler 1909, 1921a).

Habitat: soft bottoms, mud to sand ( Koehler 1909) and on corals ( Rodrigues et al. 2011).

Remarks: Koehler (1896a, 1898, 1906b, 1909, 1921a) recorded Ophiacantha aristata among the material collected by the main oceanographic cruises crossing the Azorean archipelago waters at the time (Hirondelle, Talisman, Princesse Alice ). This species is only known in the archipelago from Koehler’s historical reports.

References

Copley J. T. P., Tyler, P. A., Sheader, M., Murton, B. J. & German, C. R. (1996) Megafauna from sublittoral to abyssal depths along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of Iceland. Oceanologica Acta, 19 (5), 549 - 559.

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.

Grieg, J. A. (1932) Echinodermata. Report of the scientific results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic deep sea expedition 1910, 3 (2), 1 - 47.

Koehler, R. (1895 c) Dragages profonds executes a bord du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rapport preliminaire sur le Echinodermes. Revue biologique du Nord de la France, 7, 439 - 496.

Koehler, R. (1896 a) Note preliminaire sur les Ophiures recueillies pendant les campagnes de L'Hirondelle . Memoires. Societe Zoologique de France, 9, 203 - 213.

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Koehler, R. (1898) Echinides et Ophiures provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Acores, Terre- Neuve). Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 12, 1 - 78.

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.

Koehler, R. (1895 a) Note preliminaire sur les echinides recueillis pendant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 20, 223 - 227.

Koehler, R. (1906 b) Ophiures. Expeditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman, 8, 245 - 311.

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Nobre, A. (1938) Equinodermes de Portugal. 3 rd Edition. Companhia Editora do Minho, Barcelos, 215 pp.

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