Coelopleurus interruptus Döderlein, 1910

Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, Zootaxa 4296 (1), pp. 1-72 : 33-34

Coelopleurus interruptus Döderlein, 1910

Fig 33 A–C.

Coelopleurus floridanus: Döderlein, 1906: 181 –182. Pl. XLV, Fig. 2 . [misidentification] Coelopleurus floridanus var. interrupta: Döderlein, 1910: 247 , 257–258.

Coelopleurus interruptus: H.L. Clark, 1923: 379 –381. Pl. XXI, Fig. 3 ; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 74; Mortensen, 1935: 626. Pl. LXXXVIII, Fig. 30 ; Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 229; Schultz, 2010: 124.

Material examined. MBC-A077792; MBC-A077793.

Identification. Test low hemispherical, dark reddish, with naked interambulacra zone, which is brown with transverse light violet bands, white lateral borders. Spines long, fusiform, color greenish with red patches.

Global maximum size. Maximum diameter 40 mm.

Global distribution. Endemic to South Africa, at 55 – 140 m depth ( Mortensen 1935; Clark & Courtman- Stock 1976).

Remarks. Samples identified through current study extends previously known distribution of Mossel Bay/ Knysna and Port Elizabeth, northwards towards Durban.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Body plan of an irregular echinoid or sand dollar (Clypeaster rarispinus), showing terminology of various body parts.

FIGURE 3. The body plan of an irregular echinoids or heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum), showing terminology of different body parts.

FIGURE 30. Caenopedina capensis (MBC-A 022218). A. Map showing distribution. B. Aboral view of preserved specimen.

FIGURE 33. Coelopleurus interruptus (MBC- 077792). A. Map showing distribution. B. Side view of preserved specimen. C. Close-up view of interambulacra.