Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Theel 1879

• 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; Holothuroidea; Elasipodida; Laetmogonidae; Laetmogone; Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni; Antarc*; Antarctica; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5583520; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583520

Erroneous— Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879 Reports for the Azores: non Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni Théel, 1879 — Hérouard 1902: 31–32, pl. 4, figs. 10–16 [misidentification]; Mortensen 1927a: 361 [based on Hérouard 1902]; Grieg 1932: 5, 46 [based on Hérouard 1902]. Type locality: off Chile, Southern Pacific Ocean. See: Hansen (1975: 54–57, fig. 20); O’Loughlin (2002: 321). Occurrence: Southern Ocean and Antarctica (Hansen 1975). Depth: 245– 4,410 m (O’Loughlin 2002). Habitat: soft substrates (Hansen 1975). Remarks: Hansen (1975) believed that all historical reports of Laetmogone wyvillethomsoni from the Atlantic were misidentifications of closely similar species such as L. violacea. However, on re-examination of the specimens identified by Hérouard (1902) from the Azores, Hansen suggested that these animals belonged to a yet unnamed new species (see also remarks under L. violacea). 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 176-177, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3342161