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 Echinocardium capense Mortensen, 1907 Fig. 68 A–D. Echinocardium flavescens : A. Agassiz, 1881 : 175 ; Bell, 1904 : 174 . Echinocardium capense : Döderlein, 1910 :248 ; H.L. Clark, 1923 : 405 . Pl. XIII; H.L Clark, 1924 : 15 ; H.L. Clark, 1925a : 232 ; Schultz, 2010 : 416 , Fig. 785. Material examined. MBC-A 022294 ; MBC-A 022303 ; MBC-A027879. Identification. Test oval, with short spines. Apical disc somewhat sunken, saddle-like in appearance. Anterior aboral ambulacra flushed; petals not widened at short internal fasciole, parallel. Anal fasciole and subanal fasciole joined. Preserved specimen brown. Global maximum size. Maximum test length 50 mm . Global distribution. Endemic to West and South coasts of South Africa, at 55–310 m depth ( Döderlein 1910 ; Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976 ). Remarks. According to David & Laurin (1996) , this species has been synonymized with the Mediterranean E. mortenseni and the Japanese E. lymani , however, Mironov (2006) has suggested that more information on pedicellarial variation amongst these species is needed before such conclusions are confirmed. We thus retain it for the present as a valid species.