Ophiophrura tripapillata ...

• Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida; Ophiomyxidae; Ophiophrura; Ophiophrura tripapillata; Andreas; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Ricardo; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583138; https://zenodo.org/record/5583138

Ophiophrura tripapillata (Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005) Reports for the Azores: Ophioscolex tripapillatus $ St̂hr & Segonzac, 2005: 385–388, fig. 3. Type locality: Near Menez Gwen, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Azores (37°50’56”N, 31°30’40”W). See: St̂hr & Segonzac (2005). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, known only from the Azores, the Bay of Biscay, and Iceland (St̂hr & Segonzac 2005). Depth: 1,015–1,500 m (AZO: 1,015 m; St̂hr & Segonzac 2005). Habitat: hard substrates (oxidized basalt), with other benthic fauna ( e.g., sponges, bryozoans, brachiopods and tunicates; St̂hr & Segonzac 2005). Remarks: St̂hr & Segonzac (2005) described Ophioscolex tripapillatus , based on a specimen collected in the vicinity of Menez Gwen, southwest of the Azores. This species is known only from five specimens, collected from widely separated localities. ... : Published as part of Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2019, The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4639 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3342161 ...