Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa
Author
Filander, Zoleka
Author
Griffiths, Charles
text
Zootaxa
2017
4296
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1
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Goniocidaris
(
Goniocidaris
)
indica
Mortensen, 1939
Fig. 9
A–C.
Goniocidaris
sp.:
Mortensen, 1928a
: 149
–154;
Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
: 215
.
Goniocidaris
(
Aspidocidaris
)
indica
:
Schultz, 2011
: 1006
, Figs
1730–1731
[misidentification].
Goniocidaris indica
:
Filander & Griffiths, 2014
: 50
–51. Pl. I, Fig. C.
Material examined.
SAMC-A28207; SAMC-A28224; SAMC-A28235; SAMC-A28232; SAMC-A28241.
Identification.
Sub-conical test; apical disc large, with ocular plates insert. Peristome smaller than apical disc. Primary spines thorny, well-developed basal disc. Preserved specimen pinkish-cream.
Global maximum size.
Maximum test diameter
25 mm
.
Global distribution.
Maldives
,
Tanzania
at
162–620 m
depth (
Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976
;
Schultz 2011
); south coast region of
South
Africa
(
Filander & Griffiths 2014
).