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(syn. &amp; records), figs. 1d, 8, 10e-f.
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The specimens at hand are juvenile, measuring 2.5 mm x 1.75 mm to
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x
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. They are barrelshaped, uniformly white, with both anal teeth and papillae. The podia are mostly in ambulacra, in 2-4 rows, with a few also in the interambulacra. The material is clearly referable to the well known southern African temperate endemic,
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(Vaney, 1908)
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but in at least
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smooth, four-holed plates (ca.
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), first described from the anal region by
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, are also sparingly distributed in the general body wall. This is perhaps a juvenile character. The calcareous ring, despite its early stage in development, is typical as are the end-plates of the podia. However,
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drew attention to a sympatric, atypical form of the species, dredged from Dassen Island (west coast) at
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with the bottom material also described as shelly sand. They are barrel-shaped,
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long, yellowish in colour with brownish blotches, with the calcareous ring usually consisting of a single series of interradial elements, the end-plates seldom with a complex rim and the retractors originating as 1-3 strands.
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, on the other hand, draws attention to another sympatric, atypical form dredged from False Bay, which is U-shaped, much longer (up to
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) than the typical form but with a similar complement of spicules. Regrettably these three forms must await molecular investigations.
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