Amphilepis ingolfiana Mortensen, 1933

Rodrigues, Clara F., Paterson, Gordon L. J., Cabrinovic, Andrew & Cunha, Marina R., 2011, Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 2754, pp. 1-26 : 18-19

Amphilepis ingolfiana Mortensen, 1933

Material examined. Mercator MV, TTR15, stn AT569, 1 ind. ( DBUA 001088.01), stn AT575, 4 inds. ( DBUA 001088.02), stn AT576, 5 inds. ( DBUA 001088.03); MSM01-03, stn 237, 1 ind. ( DBUA 001089.01); Fiuza MV, TTR12, stn AT403, 1 inds.; Kidd MV, TTR14, stn AT559, 2 inds. ( DBUA 001091.01); Yuma MV, TTR16, stn AT605, 1 ind. ( DBUA 001092.01); Pen Duick Escarpment, TTR12, stn AT406, 1 ind. ( DBUA 001090.01); TTR16, stn AT602, 1 ind. ( DBUA 001092.02).

Ecology and distribution. Amphilepis ingolfiana is a deep-sea species (957–4829 m) known to occur in the NE Atlantic from the Rockall Trough south to off North Africa ( Paterson 1985). In the Gulf of Cadiz it was collected at the Moroccan margin in four mud volcanoes and in the Pen Duick Escarpment, often associated with carbonate crusts and at shallower depths (353–975 m) than previously reported ( Fig. 7 F).

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FIGURE 7. Distribution of Amphiuridae species in the Gulf of Cadiz. A: Amphiura grandisquama (full circles) and Amphiura chiajei (asterisks); B: Amphiura filiformis; C: Amphiura sp. A; D: Amphipholis squamata; E: Amphioplus hexabrachiatus; F: Amphilepis ingolfiana.