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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Brisaster capensis
(
Studer, 1880
)
Fig. 74
A–D.
Schizaster fragilis
:
A. Agassiz, 1881
: 201
–202;
Bell, 1904
: 175
Brisaster fragilis
:
H.L. Clark, 1923
*: 399–400. Pl. XIII;
H.L. Clark, 1924
: 12
;
H.L. Clark, 1925a
: 206
–207.
Brisaster capensis
:
Döderlein, 1910
: 248
;
Mortensen, 1951
: 286
–288. Pl XXV,
Figs 4–10
;
Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
: 248
;
Schultz, 2010
: 791
, Fig. 1367.
FIGURE 74.
Brisaster capensis
(SAMC-A22295).
A
. Map showing distribution.
B
. Aboral view of preserved specimen.
C
. Oral view of preserved specimen.
D
. Side view of preserved specimen.
Material examined.
MBC-A077984; MBC-A077985; A 22295; MBC-A077983; A22333; MBC-A077986.
Identification.
Test low, heart-shaped, truncated posteriorly, with distinctive anterior groove; genital pores three. Marginal and peripetalous fascioles well developed.
Global maximum size.
Maximum length
50 mm
.
Global distribution.
Endemic to West coast of South Africa, at
122–400 m
depth (
Döderlein 1910
;
Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976
).