Penilpidia midatlantica Gebruk, 2008

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 : 140-141

Penilpidia midatlantica Gebruk, 2008

Reports for the Azores:

Penilpidia midatlantica $ Gebruk, 2008: 52–54 , figs. 4–6; Rogacheva et al. 2013: 610–611.

Type locality: Mid-Atlantic Ridge , Azores (42°48’N, 29°38’W) .

See: Gebruk (2008).

Occurrence: known only from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, from SE of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone ( Rogacheva et al. 2013) south to the Azores ( Gebruk 2008).

Depth: 2,063 –2,750 m ( Gebruk 2008, Rogacheva et al. 2013); AZO: 2,063 –2,107 m ( Gebruk 2008).

Habitat: a probable benthopelagic species ( Rogacheva et al. 2012).

Remarks: Gebruk (2008) described Penilpidia midatlantica based on material collected in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in the northern waters of the Azores EEZ (G.O. Sars, MAR–ECO cruise, sta 42/368: 42°48’N, 29°38’W, 2,063 –2,107 m). Additionally, on reviewing the genus Penilpidia with a redescription of its type species P. ludwigi ( Marenzeller, 1893) , Gebruk et al. (2013) recently concluded that due to differences in ossicles composition and morphology, P. midatlantica should be assigned to a new genus.