Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa Author Filander, Zoleka Author Griffiths, Charles text Zootaxa 2017 4296 1 1 72 journal article 32399 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1 ad746972-3837-4f1d-bf97-c09e5d7f1bd5 1175-5326 843325 EFE86EDD-D170-4D97-87D9-3125400713EC * Astropyga radiata ( Leske, 1778 ) Fig. 25 A–C. FIGURE 25. Astropyga radiata . A . Map showing distribution. B . Live adult (KwaZulu-Natal). C . Oral view of preserved specimen (SAMC-A28211). Astropyga radiata : Alcock & Anderson, 1984: 192 ; Mortensen, 1904 : 18 –22. Pl. III, Figs 15 , 19 . Pl. IV, Figs 9 , 17 . Pl. V. Fig. 27 ; H.L. Clark, 1923 : 373 ; H.L. Clark, 1925a : 46 –47; Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 : 224 ; Richmond, 1997 : 296 ; Samyn, 2003: 201, Figs 2 F, F’, F”; Schultz, 2010 : 88 , Figs 157–161; Filander & Griffiths, 2014 : 52 . Pl. I, Fig. I. Material examined. MBC-A 022214 ; SAMC-A28211. Identification. Test red, with v-shaped, naked interambulacra zones aborally, with dark spots, shinning blue in live animal; pore-pairs almost in contact orally, distant aborally; madreporite extending into interambulacra. Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 118 mm . Global distribution. East coast region of South Africa ( Filander & Griffiths 2014 ). Kenya (Samyn 2003), Zanzibar to Queensland, Australia, and Hawaiian Islands; littoral to 60 m depth ( Schultz 2010 ). Remarks. Spines of adults and juveniles vary in colour, juvenile spines banded white and purplish-brown and those of adults a uniform color.