* Clypeaster fervens Koehler, 1922

Fig. 57 A–D.

Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) fervens: Mortensen, 1948d: 84 –86. Pl. XIII, Figs 2, 3. Pl. XXII, Figs 1–11. Pl. XXVI, Fig. 2. Pl. LXV, Figs 7–9, 12, 20.

Clypeaster fervens: Schultz, 2009: 541, Figs 917–920; Filander & Griffiths, 2014: 55. Pl. II, Fig. G.

Material examined. SAMC-A28220; SAMC-A28214; SAMC-A28223.

Identification. Test oval, concave sides, slightly elevated aborally towards petaliod area. Petals broad, closed, except anterior one, which is open distally. Live specimens reddish brown in color; denuded test white. Global maximum size. Maximum test length 90 m.

Global distribution. East coast region of South Africa (Filander & Griffiths 2014), Red Sea and East Africa to Malayan Archipelago; at 13 – 110 m depth (Schultz 2009).

Remarks. Differs from C. eurychorius in its broad petals, with the anterior one opened.