Molpadiodemas atlanticus ( Perrier, 1898 )

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 : 178

Erroneous— Molpadiodemas atlanticus ( Perrier, 1898)

Reports for the Azores:

Pseudostichopus atlanticus Perrier, 1898 — Deichmann 1930: 87–88.

Type locality: between the Azores and European waters (42°19’00”N, 21°15’46”W) .

See: Perrier (1902: 333–337, pl. 17, figs. 15–20, as Pseudostichopus atlanticus ); O’Loughlin & Ahearn (2005: 153, figs. 3a, b, 4a–d, 6a, b); Bohn (2006: 16–19, figs. 9A, 10).

Occurrence: cosmopolitan, Atlantic and Pacific deep waters; from the Caribbean north to west of Greenland ( O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005), east to the West European Basin and south to Southern Africa ( Bohn 2006).

Depth: 2,610 – 5,415 m ( O’Loughlin & Ahearn 2005, Bohn 2006).

Habitat: mud ( Perrier 1902).

Remarks: see remarks under Molpadiodemas villosus .