Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa
Author
Filander, Zoleka
Author
Griffiths, Charles
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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Stereocidaris capensis
Döderlein, 1901
Fig. 11
A–C.
Stereocidaris capensis
:
Döderlein, 1906
: 110
–112. Pl. X,
Figs 3–6
. Pl. XII,
Fig. 2
. Pl. XXXVI,
Fig. 4
. Pl. XXXVII,
Fig. 1
.
H.L. Clark, 1925a
: 25
–26;
Mortensen, 1928a
: 369
. Pl. LXXI,
Fig. 1
;
Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
: 217
;
Schultz, 2011
: 1039
, Figs
1796–1799
.
FIGURE 11.
Stereocidaris capensis
(MB-A077743):
A
. Map showing distribution.
B
. Side view of preserved specimen.
C
. Close-up apical system of preserved specimen.
Material examined.
MBC-A077742; MBC-A077743.
Identification.
Test moderately high; apical disc large, evenly raised, all plates exsert, genital pores distally positioned; spines long, tapered, stout, with about 20 longitudinal ridges.
Global maximum size.
Maximum test diameter
36 mm
.
Global
distribution.
Endemic
to
South
coast region of
South Africa
(
Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976
); at
475– 900 m
.
Remarks.
Specimen identified through this study extends previously known distribution northwards towards Durban. Record also illustrates a
400 m
depth extension from the previously known maximum depth of
500 m
(
Döderlein 1910
;
Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976
) to
900 m
.