Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879

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 : 176-177

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scientific name	Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879
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Reports for the Azores:

non Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879 View in CoL — Hérouard 1902: 31–32, pl. 4, figs. 10–16 [misidentification]; Mortensen 1927a: 361 [based on Hérouard 1902]; Grieg 1932: 5, 46 [based on Hérouard 1902].

Type locality: off Chile, Southern Pacific Ocean .

See: Hansen (1975: 54–57, fig. 20); O’Loughlin (2002: 321).

Occurrence: Southern Ocean and Antarctica ( Hansen 1975).

Depth: 245– 4,410 m ( O’Loughlin 2002).

Habitat: soft substrates ( Hansen 1975).

Remarks: Hansen (1975) believed that all historical reports of Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni from the Atlantic were misidentifications of closely similar species such as L. violacea . However, on re-examination of the specimens identified by Hérouard (1902) from the Azores, Hansen suggested that these animals belonged to a yet unnamed new species (see also remarks under L. violacea ).

References

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

Hansen, B. (1975) Systematics and biology of the deep-sea holothurians: Elasipoda. Galathea report: scientific results of the Danish deep-sea expedition round the world 1950 - 1952. Galathea, 13, 1 - 262.

Herouard, E. (1902) Holothuries Provenant Des Campagnes De La Princesse-Alice (1892 - 1897). Reisultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht, Fasc. 21, 1 - 62.

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

O'Loughlin, P. M. (2002) Report on selected species of Banzare and Anare Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meseres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 59 (2), 297 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.24199 / j. mmv. 2002.59.3

Theel, H. (1879) Preliminary report on the Holothuridae of the Exploring voyage of H. M. S. Challenger. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handlingar, 5 (19), 1 - 24.