Monachocrinus recuperatus ( Perrier, 1885a )

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 : 161

Erroneous— Monachocrinus recuperatus ( Perrier, 1885a)

Reports for the Azores:

Monachocrinus perrieri ( Koehler & Vaney, 1910) —A.M. Clark 1980: 189, 1982b: 126;

Monachocrinus recuperatus ( Perrier, 1885a) —A.M. Clark 1980: 189, 1982b: 126.

Type locality: between Azores and the Iberian Peninsula (44°20’00”N, 17°10’46”W) .

See: Roux et al. (2002: 823, fig. 7e); Mironov et al. (2014: 115).

Occurrence: rare species, known only from waters between the Azores and the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco ( Koehler & Vaney 1910) and South Africa ( Mironov et al. (2014).

Habitat: soft sediments (mud; Koehler & Vaney, 1910).

Depth: 1,620–4,850 m ( Mironov et al. 2014).

Remarks: in a preliminary note on the crinoid material collected by the Travailleur and Talisman, Koehler & Vaney (1910) described a new species from Moroccan waters (30°03’00”N, 11°41’46”W) Monachocrinus perrieri (= Bathycrinus perrieri ) and mentioned Monachocrinus recuperatus (= Bathycrinus recuperatus ) from waters between the Azores and Iberian Peninsula (44°20’00”N, 17°10’46”W). Gislén (1951) working on the material collect- ed by the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition reported material belonging to Monachocrinus perrieri from waters west of the Azores (40°35’N– 40°34’N, 35°24’W– 35°52’W). Both species are now considered conspecific ( Mironov et al. 2014). On what authority A.M. Clark (1980, 1982b) extended the geographic distribution of M. recuperatus to the Azores it is not clear. In spite of the close proximity of the historical records to the archipelago (both east and west) to our knowledge no specimens were actually recovered within the Azorean EEZ. Though it is more than likely that this species does occur in the Azorean deep waters, at present the inclusion of this species in the Azorean fauna must be considered erroneous.