Ophidiaster ophidianus

• Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
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• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Ophidiasteridae; Ophidiaster; Ophidiaster ophidianus; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583291; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4148D212040CFF8DFF33FEBD77DB1320

Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816) (Fig. 19) Reports for the Azores: Asterias loevigata Lamarck—? $ Drouët 1861: 93, 211; Ophidiaster ophidianus Agassiz, 1836 — $ Barrois 1888: 71; Ophidiaster sp.—? $ Simroth 1888: 231; Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816) — $ Sladen 1889: 403; $ Perrier 1894: 330, 1896a: 44; $ Koehler 1909: 92; Koehler 1914b: 274, 1924: 163–164; H.L. Clark 1921a: 79; Nobre 1924: 89; $ Nobre 1930: 68–69, 1938: 46, fig. 20; $ Cadenat 1938: 351, 373; Madsen 1950: 219; $ Tortonese 1965: 160–164, figs. 75–77; $ Pawson 1978: 10, fig. 3; $ Marques 1983: 2; A.M. Clark & Downey 1992: 281–282, figs. 44e, f, pl. 69, fig. F; $ Wirtz & Vader 1996: 17–22; Pereira 1997: 335; $ Morton et al . 1998: 63, figs. 2.5Y, 3.4Z, 3.5T, 5.2L, 8.1N; Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 1999: 47–48, 2002:280; $ Cardigos et al . 2005: 165; García-Diez et al . 2005: 47; $ Micael et al . 2006: 5, 2011: 205–216, figs. 2–7, 2013: 1087–1095, 2014: 1–10, figs. 2–3; Micael & Costa 2010: 322; Micael et al . 2012: 6. Type locality: Western Mediterranean Sea. See: Tortonese (1965); A.M. Clark & Downey (1992). Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic; from the North African coasts (Madsen 1950) south to Rolas islet in S„o Tomé (Koehler 1914b), including the archipelagos of the Azores (Marques 1983), Madeira (Augier 1985), Selvagens (Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 2002), Canaries (Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 2003), Cape Verde (Pérez- Ruzafa et al . 1999) and Saint Helena (Mortensen 1933c). Depth: 0–105 m (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992); AZO: 0–165(?823) m (Sladen 1889, Morton et al . 1998). Habitat: rocky and coralligenous habitats (Tortonese 1965), occasionally found on soft sediments (Koukouras et al . 2007); in Azores common among rocks at low-tide and also in rock pools (Morton et al . 1998). Larval stage: lecithotrophic (Micael et al . 2014). Material: DBUA-ECH 075 (Baixa do Cerco, Caloura, SMG, AZO, c. 37°42’20”N, 25°30’30”W, 2010.08. 13, 20 m; 1 spm, R = 67 mm, r = 7 mm); DBUA-ECH 076 (FRM, AZO, c. 37°16’14”N, 24°46’52”W, ...