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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Oligopodia epigonus
v.
Martens, 1865
Fig. 53
A–D.
Nucleolites epigonus
:
A. Agassiz, 1872
–1874: 147. Pl. XIX, Figs b. 4–6.
Oligopodia epigonus
:
H.L. Clark, 1925a
: 181
;
Mortensen, 1948d
: 228
–233, Pl. I,
Figs 5–13
. Pl. XII,
Figs 13
,
14
,
17
,
19
,
24
;
Schultz, 2009
: 512
, Figs 862–864;
Filander & Griffiths, 2014
: 55
. Pl. II, Fig. F.
FIGURE 53.
Oligopodia epigonus
(SAMC-A28218).
A
. Map showing distribution.
B
. Oral view of denuded test.
C
. Aboral view of denuded test.
D
. Side view of denuded test.
Material examined.
SAMC-A28218; SAMC-A28222.
Identification.
Test small, ovoid, aborally arched, orally concave, depressed towards peristome. Ambulacra petals distinct, opening distally. Posterior interambulacra form keel above periproct. Periproct elongated, on truncated posterior side.
Global maximum size.
Maximum test length
17 mm
.
Global distribution.
East coast of South Africa (
Filander & Griffiths 2014
); East Africa, Malayan region to Bonin Islands, Tonga Islands and New Zealand; at
35–141 m
(
Mortensen 1948d
;
Schultz, 2009
).