Copidognathus flabellifents Bartsch, 2011

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Copidognathus flabellifents Bartsch, 2011

Report associated with echinoderms – Gulf of Mexico, Alminos Canyon, 26° 10.87' N, 94° 37.38' W, depth 2743 m; upper 0–2 cm of undisturbed muddy sediment with the spatangoid sea urchin Snrsiaster griegi Mortensen, 1950 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) – Bartsch (2011).

Remarks – This species was also reported from Gulf of Mexico, Alaminos Canyon, 26– 27° N, 88– 94° W, at 2744– 2190 m depth amongst mussel Batllymodiolus brooksi (bivalve mollusk) and from Gulf of Mexico, Atwater Valley, 28° N, 88° W, at 2190 m depth amongst Bathymodious brooksi and tubeworms Escarpia lnrninaia, Lamellibrach sp. — Bartsch (2011).

This species was collected from gas seep areas of the northern Gulf of Mexico. External characters of this species do not reflect at specialization to a life in gas seep areas and the species is most likely also found outside seep communities ( Bartsch 2011).