Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903

Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, Zootaxa 4296 (1), pp. 1-72 : 54

Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903

Fig. 61 A–D.

Echinocyamus scaber: Döderlein, 1906: 235 . Pl. XXIX. 8–9; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 167; Mortensen, 1948d: 187 –188. Pl. XLVI, Figs 34–36 ; Schultz, 2009: 560.

Echinocyamus forma subconicus: A.M. Clark, 1977 *: 145.

Material examined. MBC-A 022771; MBC-A 022882; MBC-A 022883; MBC-A 022884; MBC-A 022885; MBC- A 022886.

Identification. Test with oval outline, aborally lowly convex; apical disc inflated; petals well-developed, with maximum of five pore-pairs; glassy knobs higher than primary tubercles, covering aboral and oral sides; periproct with spines.

Global maximum size. Maximum test length 8 mm.

Global distribution. East coast region of South Africa , East Africa to Philippines, eastern Australia and Hawaii; at 200–1886 m ( Schultz 2009).

Remarks. Distinguished from E. elegans by the glassy tubercles scattered on test, shorter petals and number of pore-pairs; where E. scaber has a maximum of five pore-pairs and E. elegans eight.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Coelopleurus maillardi (MBC- 077798). A. Map showing distribution. B. Side view of preserved specimen. C. Close-up view of interambulacra.

FIGURE 35. Tetrapygus niger. A. Map showing distribution. B. Live specimen (Namaqualand). C. Denuded test (Namaqualand).

FIGURE 36. Salmaciella erythracis (MBC- 0 A 77812). A. Map showing distribution. B. Aboral view of preserved specimen. C. Side view of preserved specimen.

FIGURE 61. Echinocyamus scaber (MBC-A 022886). A. Map showing distribution. B. Aboral view of preserved specimen. C. Oral view of denuded test. D. Side view of preserved specimen.