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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Caenopedina capensis
H.L. Clark, 1923
Fig. 30
A–B.
Coenopedina capensis
H.L. Clark, 1923
*: 375–378. Pl. XXI,
Figs 1–2
.
Caenopedina capensis
:
Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
: 222
;
Schultz, 2011
: 1153
.
Material examined.
MBC-A
022218
.
Identification.
Test flattened aborally. Apical disc bright purple, with tubercles encircling periproct. Primary spines purplish distally, base reddish. Preserved specimen brownish in color, apical area conspicuously purplish; primary aboral spines purple, basally reddish pink.
Global maximum size.
Maximum test diameter
16 mm
.
Global
distribution.
Endemic
to
West
coast region
of
South Africa
, at
1200 – 1650 m
depth (
Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976
).
Remarks.
Represented by just one specimen in the Iziko Museum collection.