Ophiacantha aristata Koehler 1896

Ophiacantha aristata Koehler 1896 (Fig. 2) Material examined. Captain Arutyunov MV, MSM01-03, stn 195, 1 ind. (DBUA 001063.01). Ecology and distribution. This is a bathyal North Atlantic species (822–1700 m) known from SW Ireland south to the Canary Islands (Paterson 1985). In the Gulf of Cadiz it w...

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Main Authors: Rodrigues, Clara F., Paterson, Gordon L. J., Cabrinovic, Andrew, Cunha, Marina R.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2011
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Ophiacanthidae
Ophiacantha
Ophiacantha aristata
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191788
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C6AA27AB1AFFA991C2B4F8D632F875
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Summary:Ophiacantha aristata Koehler 1896 (Fig. 2) Material examined. Captain Arutyunov MV, MSM01-03, stn 195, 1 ind. (DBUA 001063.01). Ecology and distribution. This is a bathyal North Atlantic species (822–1700 m) known from SW Ireland south to the Canary Islands (Paterson 1985). In the Gulf of Cadiz it was collected from a coral thicket ( Dendrophylia cf. alternata , mostly dead branches with a few living polyps) at a single station at the flanks of Captain Arutyunov MV (1390 m) together with Ophiopristis gadensis sp. nov. , Ophiactis abyssicola and Amphioplus hexabrachiatus . Published as part of Rodrigues, Clara F., Paterson, Gordon L. J., Cabrinovic, Andrew & Cunha, Marina R., 2011, Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2754 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276727

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