The species is highly esteemed as food. It is fished by deep-sea trawlers off N.W. Africa and along the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France, Italy and Malta. It is also taken by Israel trawlers, but less commonly so than Aristaeomorpha foliacea, while in the Western Mediterranean the opposite is true.
The species is sold fresh.The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 2 629 t. The countries with the largest catches were Tunisia (1 335 t) and Algeria (880 t).

Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Azores, Balear Sea, Cape Verde, Coast of Algeria, East Atlantic, European waters (ERMS scope), FAO fishing area 34, FAO fishing area 47, France, Greece, Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Guinea Bissau Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Gascogne, Indian Ocean, Ionian sea, Israel, Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Italy, Japan, Levantine Basin, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Mediterranean Sea, Moroccan Atlantic, Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone, Morocco, Mozambique, Natal, North Mediterranean, Portugal, Reunion, Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone, Sahara Coast, South Africa (country), South East Atlantic, South Portugal, South West England, Spain, Tanzania, Tunisia, West Portugal, Western Sahara, Zanzibar

Distribution: also known from the Mediterranean and East Atlantic

Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to the Cape Verde Islands; entire Mediterranean.

Maximum total length 220 mm.

Known from seamounts and knolls

Depth range based on 64 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 8 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 173 - 80000
  Temperature range (°C): 3.232 - 16.422
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.972 - 23.734
  Salinity (PPS): 34.787 - 38.663
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.932 - 6.238
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.132 - 1.894
  Silicate (umol/l): 3.166 - 17.236

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 173 - 80000

Temperature range (°C): 3.232 - 16.422

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.972 - 23.734

Salinity (PPS): 34.787 - 38.663

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.932 - 6.238

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.132 - 1.894

Silicate (umol/l): 3.166 - 17.236
 
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank.   Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen.  Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.


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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1

The species is highly esteemed as food. It is fished by deep-sea trawlers off N.W. Africa and along the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France, Italy and Malta. It is also taken by Israel trawlers, but less commonly so than Aristaeomorpha foliacea, while in the Western Mediterranean the opposite is true.
The species is sold fresh.The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 2 629 t. The countries with the largest catches were Tunisia (1 335 t) and Algeria (880 t).