Ophiochondrus armatus ( Koehler, 1907a )

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 : 37

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583113

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scientific name

Ophiochondrus armatus ( Koehler, 1907a )
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Ophiochondrus armatus ( Koehler, 1907a)

Reports for the Azores:

Ophioplus armatus $ Koehler, 1907a: 46, 1909: 203–204 , pl. 28, figs. 7–8; Koehler 1914a: 129–131, pl. 14, figs. 2–3, 6; Mortensen 1927a: 197–198, figs. 109–110; García-Diez et al. 2005: 49.

Type locality: Azores (38°35’30”N, 28°05’45”W) GoogleMaps .

See: Koehler (1909; 1914a); Mortensen (1927a).

Occurrence: a rare species known only from Florida ( Koehler 1914a), Porcupine Seabight (SW of Ireland; Mortensen 1927a) and the Azores ( Koehler 1909).

Depth: 287– 1,250 m ( AZO: 1,250 m; Koehler 1909, 1914a).

Habitat: sandy bottoms with corals and shells; epibiont on corals ( Koehler 1914a).

Remarks: Koehler (1907a, 1909) described Ophiochondrus armatus (= Ophioplus armatus ) based on two specimens collected by Princesse Alice in the Azores. No other material is known from the archipelago.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

Order

Ophiurida

Family

Ophiacanthidae

Genus

Ophiochondrus

Loc

Ophiochondrus armatus ( Koehler, 1907a )

Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P. 2019
2019
Loc

Ophioplus armatus $ Koehler, 1907a: 46 , 1909: 203–204

Garcia-Diez, C. & Porteiro, F. M. & Meirinho, A. & Cardigos, F. & Tempera, F. 2005: 49
Koehler, R. 1907: 46
1907
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