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Stereocidaris alcocki
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* Stereocidaris alcocki (Anderson, 1894)
Fig. 10. A–C.
Stereocidaris tricarinata: Döderlein, 1906: 112 –114. Pl. X, Fig. 7. Pl. XXXVI, Fig. 3. Stereocidaris alcocki: Mortensen, 1928a: 266. Pl. LXXI, Fig. 8. Pl. LXXXII, Fig. 18; Schultz, 2011: 1037; Filander & Griffiths, 2014: 51. Pl. I, Fig. D.
Material examined. A28229
Identification. Globular, solid test. Apical disc with oculars insert, genital plates raised. Primary spines with three keels basally, two arranged laterally and one on underside; scrobicular spines having longitudinal furrows.
Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 32 mm.
Global distribution. Restricted to Indian Ocean (Schultz 2011) including East coast of South Africa, depth 371 – 850 m.
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 page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843325
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Anderson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Cidaroida
- Family
- Cidaridae
- Genus
- Stereocidaris
- Species
- alcocki
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stereocidaris alcocki (Anderson, 1894) sec. Filander & Griffiths, 2017
References
- Alcock, A. & Anderson, A. R. S. (1894) Natural history notes from HM Indian marine survey steamer '' Investigator' ', commander CF Oldham, RN, commanding. Series II, No. 14. An account of a recent collection of deep sea Crustacea from the Bay of Bengal and Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, 141 - 185.
- Doderlein, L. (1906) Die Echinoiden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee- Expedition, 5, 61 - 290.
- Mortensen, T. (1928 a) A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London, 551 pp.
- Schultz, H. (2011) Sea-Urchins III, Worldwide Regular Deep Water Species. 1 st Edition. Scientific Publications, Hemdingen, 1338 pp.
- Filander, Z. & Griffiths, C. L. (2014) Additions to and revision of the South African echinoid fauna (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). African Natural History, 10, 47 - 56.