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Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen 1939

Description

Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939

Fig. 24 A–C.

Aspidodiadema africanum n. sp.: Mortensen, 1939: 548.

Aspidodiadema nicobaricum: H.L. Clark, 1923 *: 371–372; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 39. Aspidodiadema africanum: Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 223, Schultz, 2011: 1118, Fig. 1964.

Material examined. MBC-A 022216.

Identification. Test small, sub-globular. Tubercles perforate and crenulate. Primary spines slender, brittle, hollow, or with a partially-filled core, serrated. Peristome encircled by club-shaped spines, and buccal plates. Preserved specimen light brown to purplish with white spines.

Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 16 mm.

Global distribution. Endemic to South coast of South Africa, at 720–820 m depth (Mortensen, 1939; Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976).

Remarks. Represented by just one specimen (MBC-A 022216) in the Iziko collection.

Notes

Published as part of Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4296 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843325

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References

  • Mortensen, T. (1939) New Echinoida (Aulodonta). Preliminary Notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i KObenhavn, 103, 547 - 550.
  • Clark, H. L. (1923) The echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 13 (7), 221 - 435.
  • Clark, H. L. (1925 a) A Catalogue of the Recent Sea-urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Trustees of the British Museum, London, 250 pp.
  • Clark, A. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976) The Echinoderms of Southern Africa. Publication no. 766. British Museum of Natural History, London, 277 pp.
  • Schultz, H. (2011) Sea-Urchins III, Worldwide Regular Deep Water Species. 1 st Edition. Scientific Publications, Hemdingen, 1338 pp.