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Echinocardium cordatum

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Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)

Fig. 69 A–E.

Amphidotus cordatus: Forbes, 1841: 190 –193.

Echinocardium cordatum: A. Agassiz, 1872: 109; 349. Pl. XIX, Figs 10–17. Pl. XX, Figs 5–7; Döderlein, 1910: 248; H.L. Clark, 1923 *: 405. Pl. XIII; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 232 –233; Mortensen, 1951: 152 –157. Pl. XVIII, Figs 6, 7. (1–3, 8); Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 251 –252; Schultz, 2010: 411 –412, Figs 772–774; Branch et al., 2010: 236, Fig. 106.5. Echinocardium australe. A. Agassiz, 1872 –74: 109; 580. Pl. XXXVII, Fig. 15; Bell, 1904: 174.

Material examined. MBC-A077941; MBC-A 022287; MBC-A 022288; MBC-A 022289; MBC-A 022293; MBC- A023309; MBC-A023402; MBC-A027879; MBC-A077955; MBC-A077956; MBC-A077959; MBC-A077963; MBC-A077961; MBC-A077962; MBC-A077958; MBC-A077957; MBC-A077960; MBC-A077954; A27739; A6457; MBC-A077965; MBC-A077966; MBC-A077967; MBC-A077968; MBC-A077969; MBC-A077970; MBC-A077971; MBC-A078006; A 22354; A 22355; MBC-A 022287; MBC-A 022288; MBC-A 022289; MBC- A 022293.

Identification. Test moderately high, with deep anterior notch. Apical disc posteriorly positioned. Anterior ambulacrum distinctively sunken, two-series of irregularly arranged, large pores, associated with tube feet; paired petals sunken, wide at internal fasciole, tapering distally. Periproct opening at truncated end, variable in shape. Internal fasciole conspicuously long, subanal fasciole shield-shaped, with four pore-pairs, pointed at end; anal fasciole extending along periproct, onto upper side, separated from subanal fasciole. Spines uniform. Live specimen brownish, denuded test white.

Global maximum size. Maximum test length 90 mm.

Global distribution. From northern Norway along European coasts into Mediterranean and Morocco, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand and southern Australia; from littoral to 500 m (Döderlein 1910; Schultz 2010).

Remarks. Samples identified through current study extend previously known distribution northwards towards Sodwana Bay. Differs from E. capense in large shield shape internal fasciole and frontal notch.

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 60-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843325

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Biodiversity

Family
Loveniidae
Genus
Echinocardium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spatangoida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Pennant
Species
cordatum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) sec. Filander & Griffiths, 2017

References

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  • Doderlein, L. (1910) Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea. In: Schultze, L. (Ed.), Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt 1903 - 1905 (Jenaer Denkschrift 16), 4 (1), pp. 246 - 258.
  • Clark, H. L. (1923) The echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 13 (7), 221 - 435.
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  • Mortensen, T. (1951) A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V. 2. Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata. III. Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosnizidae, Schizateridae, Brissidae. Reitzel, Copenhagen, 593 pp.
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