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 Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903 Fig. 61 A–D. Echinocyamus scaber : Döderlein, 1906 : 235 . Pl. XXIX. 8–9; H.L. Clark, 1925a : 167 ; Mortensen, 1948d : 187 –188. Pl. XLVI, Figs 34–36 ; Schultz, 2009 : 560 . Echinocyamus forma subconicus : A.M. Clark, 1977 *: 145. Material examined. MBC-A 022771 ; MBC-A 022882 ; MBC-A 022883 ; MBC-A 022884 ; MBC-A 022885 ; MBC- A 022886 . Identification. Test with oval outline, aborally lowly convex; apical disc inflated; petals well-developed, with maximum of five pore-pairs; glassy knobs higher than primary tubercles, covering aboral and oral sides; periproct with spines. Global maximum size. Maximum test length 8 mm . Global distribution. East coast region of South Africa , East Africa to Philippines , eastern Australia and Hawaii ; at 200–1886 m ( Schultz 2009 ). Remarks. Distinguished from E. elegans by the glassy tubercles scattered on test, shorter petals and number of pore-pairs; where E. scaber has a maximum of five pore-pairs and E. elegans eight.