Ophiosemnotes conferta (Koehler, 1922)

Ophiosemnotes conferta (Koehler, 1922) View in CoL

Fig. 20d–f View FIGURE 20

Ophioripa conferta Koehler, 1922b: 19–21 View in CoL , pl. 85(9–13). — Rowe & Pawson, 1977: 350.

Ophiomitrella falklandica Mortensen, 1936: 256–259 View in CoL , figs 8c–d, pl. 7(5) [according to O’Hara, 1990].

Ophiomitrella conferta View in CoL . — Madsen, 1967: 127. — O’Hara, 1990: 299–300, fig. 2c–d, f–g. — O’Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 90–92, fig. 10f–h, 18n–o.

Ophiosemnotes conferta View in CoL . — O’Hara & Thuy, 2022: 20 View Cited Treatment , fig. 7a–b.

STUDY MATERIAL. — JC066 : stn 4-2, Coral seamount, 41° 20.708´S, 42° 55.292´E to 41° 20.99´S, 42° 55.12´E, 1300 m, 12/11/2011: 1 GoogleMaps ( NHMUK 2025.55 About NHMUK ) .

Distribution. E Indo-W Pacific ( 480–1019 m), S America ( 79–1738 m), Kerguelen (247– 247 m), S Australia ( 640–2340 m), New Zealand ( 27–1365 m), Antarctica ( 74–835 m), St Paul/Amsterdam Is ( 420–1680 m), Coral seamount ( 1300 m).

Remarks. This specimen is small ( 2.5 mm dd) and we were unable to obtain a DNA sequence. The radial shields are contiguous distally, it has the classic robust stumps of this species, 4 arm spines, the upper longest, and 3–4 oral papillae. Ophiosemnotes conferta is a brooder and it is likely to contain cryptic species ( O’Hara & Thuy 2022).