Ophioconis forbesi ( Heller, 1863 )

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 : 39

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Ophioconis forbesi ( Heller, 1863)

Reports for the Azores:

Ophioconis forbesi L̹tken, 1869 — $ Koehler 1896a: 213, 1898: 58;

Ophioconis forbesi ( Heller, 1863) — $ Koehler 1909: 141; Koehler 1921b: 89–90, fig. 59; Mortensen 1927a: 227; Tortonese 1965: 262–263, fig. 120; Pereira 1997: 332; García-Diez et al. 2005: 50; Micael & Costa 2010: 322; Micael et al. 2012: 3.

Type locality: Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea).

See: Heller (1863: 422–424, pl. 2, figs. 5–8) Koehler (1921b); Tortonese (1965).

Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to Moroccan coasts ( Tortonese 1965), including the archipelagos of the Azores ( Koehler 1909) and Canaries ( Hernández et al. 2013), and the seamounts of Josephine, Seine and Gettysburg ( Koehler 1909).

Depth: 20–230 m ( Koehler 1921b, Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1972); AZO: 98–130 m ( Koehler 1898, 1909).

Habitat: sand, gravel and shells to rock; also among coralligenous algae; found in association with Ophiura albida Forbes, 1939 ( Koehler 1921b) .

Remarks: Koehler (1896a, 1898, 1909) identified the only two specimens of Ophioconis forbesi known from the Azores, collected by Hirondelle (sta 226: 38°31’19”N, 28°34’31”W, 130 m) and Princesse Alice (sta 882: 38°03’40”N, 28°34’45”W, 98 m).

References

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.

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.

Heller, C. (1863) Untersuchungen ʾ ber die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. Sitzungsberichte der mathematischnaturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, 46, 415 - 448.

Hernandez, J. C., Clemente S., Tuya F., Perez-Ruzafa, A., Sangil, C., Moro-Abad, L. & Bacallado-Aranega, J. J (2013) Echinoderms of the Canary Islands, Spain. In: Alvarado J. J. & Solis-Marin F. A. (Eds.), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 471 - 510. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 642 - 20051 - 9 _ 15

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

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 b) Echinodermes. Faune de France. 1. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences, Paris, 216 pp.

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Micael, J. & Costa A. C. (2010) Echinodermata. In: Borges, P. A. V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Goncalves, V., Martins, A. F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R. S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Principia, Oeiras, pp. 321 - 323.

Micael, J., Alves, M. J., Jones, M. B. & Costa, A. C. (2012) Diversity of shallow-water asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Azorean Archipelago. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5, e 49. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267211000534

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

Pereira, M. (1997) Checklist of the littoral echinoderms of the Azores. Acoreana, 8 (3), 331 - 337.

Tortonese, E. (1965) Fauna D'Italia-Echinodermata. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, 422 pp.