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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Echinocyamus elegans
Mazzetti, 1893
Fig. 60
A–D.
Echinocyamus elegans
:
H.L. Clark, 1923
*: 393–394;
Mortensen, 1948d
: 184–185. Pl. XLVI,
Figs 29–31
; Clark & Courtman- Stock, 1976: 242;
Schultz, 2009
: 558, Fig. 954.d.
FIGURE 60.
Echinocyamus elegans
(SAMC-A22305).
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-A
022304
; MBC-A
022305
; MBC-A
022306
; MBC-A
022307
; MBC-A
022308
; MBC- A
022309
; MBC-A
022310
; MBC-A
022311
; MBC-A
022312
; MBC-A
022313
; MBC-A
022314
.
Identification.
Test convex aborally, concave orally; petals well-developed, almost extending to ambitus, pores large, maximum of eight pore-pairs, conspicuous, pore zones as wide as interporiferous zones, not meeting distally. Specimen white.
Global maximum size.
Maximum test length
6 mm
.
Global distribution.
Red Sea to West and East coast regions of South Africa; at
110 – 275 m
depth (
Mortensen 1948d
;
Schultz 2009
).
Remarks.
Samples from the Iziko Museum collection extend distribution westwards towards Saldanha Bay.