Ophiotreta spectabilis O'Hara & Thuy 2022, comb. nov. ...

• Main Authors: O'Hara, Timothy D., Thuy, Ben
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiacanthida; Ophiotomidae; Ophiotreta; Ophiotreta spectabilis; Arctic; Indian; New Zealand; Paterson; Saint-Paul
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6404723; https://zenodo.org/record/6404723

Ophiotreta spectabilis (G.O. Sars, 1872) comb. nov. Fig. 6F Ophiacantha spectabilis Sars, 1872: 10.— Lyman 1882: 198.— Mortensen 1933c: 33–34.— Paterson 1985: 41, fig. 18.— Martynov & Litvinova 2008: 96, fig. 11c. Ophiacantha (Ophiectodia) spectabilis .— Verrill 1899a: 42. Material examined . MD 50 CP7, MNHN IE.2009.1564 (7). MD 50 CP145, MNHN IE.2009.1565 (1). Distribution . Arctic (190–1505 m), NW Atlantic (240–366 m), NE Atlantic (530–1830 m), S Australia (780– 1700 m), New Zealand (150–1460 m). SPA (825–1680 m). Remarks . This species is easily recognised by the large oval tentacle scales (two on basal segments), the multiple (4–8) oral papillae, the pentagonal oral shield that is bordered distally by a fringe of small papillae, and the rod-shaped disc spines that can be terminated by small thorns (Fig. 6F). This species has been identified as an associate (O’Hara et al. 2008) of the colonial deep-water coral Solenosmilia variabilis . Both MD50 samples that contained O. spectabilis (to 8.5 mm dd) ... : Published as part of O'Hara, Timothy D. & Thuy, Ben, 2022, Biogeography and taxonomy of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Îles Saint- Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 5124 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6404674 ...