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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Trigonocidaris monolini
A. Agassiz, 1879
Fig. 41 A–B.
Orechinus monolini
:
Döderlein, 1906
: 196
–198. Pl. XXV,
Fig. 1
. Pl. XXXV,
Fig. 6
. Pl. XLVI,
Fig. 5
;
Döderlein, 1910
: 247
;
H.L. Clark, 1912
: 300
–301;
H.L. Clark, 1923
: 383
;
Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
: 230
–231.
Orechinus monoli
:
Mortensen, 1943a
: 330
–333. Pls. XVI,
Figs. 23–29
;
Figs. 1–10
.
Trigonocidaris monolini
:
Schultz, 2011
: 1242
, Figs
2199–2200
.
Material examined.
None, entry based on literature.
Identification.
Tubercles encircling apical disc, gonopores on elevated ridges.
Global maximum size.
Maximum test diameter
14 mm
.
Global
distribution.
Hawaii
through
Malayan region
and
Kermadec Island
to
South
coast of
South Africa
, at
318 – 2300 m
depth (
Schultz 2011
).
Remarks.
Single record off South coast region (
Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976
), which is not represented in Iziko Museum collection. Similar South African distribution range as
T. nitidus
, but
T. monolini
has a tuberculated apical disc and
T. nitidus
a smooth one.