Ophiura imprudens

• Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida; Ophiuridae; Ophiura; Ophiura imprudens; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5583171; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583171

Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906a) Reports for the Azores: Ophioglypha imprudens $ Koehler, 1906a: 8–10, pl. 1, figs. 7–8, 1906b: 256–257, pl. 18, figs. 9–10; Ophiura imprudens (Koehler, 1906) — Mortensen 1927a: 234; Gage et al. 1983: 298; $ Paterson 1985: 117–118, fig. 42; Jesus & Abreu 1998: 63. Type locality: Azores (38°23’00”N, 28°49’46”W). See: Koehler (1906a, b); Paterson (1985). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic, known for the Azores (Koehler 1906b), Madeira (Jesus & Abreu 1998), Rockall Bank (Gage et al. 1983) and Portuguese mainland (Jesus & Fonseca 1999). Depth: 75–560 m (Koehler 1906 b, Jesus & Abreu 1998); AZO: 560 m (Koehler, 1906b). Habitat: soft bottoms, sandy gravel to muddy sediments (Koehler 1906b, Jesus & Fonseca 1999). Remarks: Ophiura imprudens is only known from the archipelago by the type specimen. See also remarks under O. carnea L̹tken, 1858. 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 53, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3342161