Leptosynapta inhaerens

Leptosynapta inhaerens (Müller, 1776) Reports for the Azores: Leptosynapta inhaerens (M̹ller, 1776)— $ Wirtz 2009: 48, fig. 1e. Type locality: Norway. See: Tortonese (1965: 104–105, fig. 45); Picton (1993: 82–83). Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic; from Scandinavian arctic waters...

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Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
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Published: Zenodo 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583361
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Summary:Leptosynapta inhaerens (Müller, 1776) Reports for the Azores: Leptosynapta inhaerens (M̹ller, 1776)— $ Wirtz 2009: 48, fig. 1e. Type locality: Norway. See: Tortonese (1965: 104–105, fig. 45); Picton (1993: 82–83). Occurrence: Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic; from Scandinavian arctic waters south along European coasts (Tortonese 1965) to the Azores (Wirtz 2009) and Canaries (Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 1992a). Depth: 0–173 m, mostly between the first few meters and 50 m deep (Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 1992a); also found in tide-pools (AZO; Wirtz 2009). Habitat: soft sediments buried in muddy sand or gravel, and amongst Zostera and Caulerpa and in sandy tide pools (Picton 1993, Pérez-Ruzafa et al . 1992a). Larval stage: Planktotrophic, hermaphroditic (Mortensen 1927 a, McEdward & Miner 2001). Remarks: recently, Wirtz (2009) discovered small specimens belonging to Leptosynapta inhaerens in tidepools in Faial Island, turning the archipelago to the westernmost limit for this species. 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 pages 135-136, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3342161