Ophioplinthus inornata (Lyman 1878)
- Dataset
- The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Ophiuroidea
- order
- Ophiurida
- family
- Ophiuridae
- genus
- Ophioplinthus
- species
- Ophioplinthus inornata
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Reports for the Azores:
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Type locality: off S. Paulo Rocks (1 ° 47 ’ N, 24 ° 26 ’ W). See: Lyman (1878: 97, pl. 2, figs. 26 – 27); Paterson (1985); Martynov & Litvinova (2008: 85 – 7, figs. 6 G). Occurrence: cosmopolitan, recorded in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic; in the Atlantic from South America, Falkland Islands, Caribbean, Saint Paul Rocks, eastwards to off Cape Blanc (NW Africa), including the Azores (Paterson 1985). Depth: 242 – 3,385 m (Lyman 1878, Mortensen 1936); AZO: 2,995 – 3,200 m (Koehler 1906 b, A. H. Clark 1948). Habitat: soft sediments (Globigerina ooze; Lyman 1878). Larval stage: non-brooding, direct or lecithotrophic development (Mortensen 1936). Remarks: the presence of O. inornata in the Azores was first reported by Koehler (1906 b; Talisman, sta 131, 1883: 38 ° 28 ' N, 25 ° 05 ' 46 " W, 2995 m). Later, A. H. Clark (1948) also identified material belonging to this species from the Azores, but referred to it as from west of Gibraltar (Atlantis sta 15: 35 ° 37 ' N, 30 ° 51 ' W; 3,200 m).
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophioplinthus inornata (Lyman 1878)