Ophiophrura tripapillata

• Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida; Ophiomyxidae; Ophiophrura; Ophiophrura tripapillata; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583139; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4148D212047CFFFFFF33FCED77DA151F

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