Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893

Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, Zootaxa 4296 (1), pp. 1-72 : 53-54

Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893

Fig. 60 A–D.

Echinocyamus elegans: H.L. Clark, 1923 *: 393–394; Mortensen, 1948d: 184–185. Pl. XLVI, Figs 29–31 ; Clark & Courtman- Stock, 1976: 242; Schultz, 2009: 558, Fig. 954.d.

Material examined. MBC-A 022304; MBC-A 022305; MBC-A 022306; MBC-A 022307; MBC-A 022308; MBC- A 022309; MBC-A 022310; MBC-A 022311; MBC-A 022312; MBC-A 022313; MBC-A 022314.

Identification. Test convex aborally, concave orally; petals well-developed, almost extending to ambitus, pores large, maximum of eight pore-pairs, conspicuous, pore zones as wide as interporiferous zones, not meeting distally. Specimen white.

Global maximum size. Maximum test length 6 mm.

Global distribution. Red Sea to West and East coast regions of South Africa; at 110 – 275 m depth ( Mortensen 1948d; Schultz 2009).

Remarks. Samples from the Iziko Museum collection extend distribution westwards towards Saldanha Bay.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Echinothrix calamaris. A. Map showing distribution. B. Live specimen (KwaZulu-Natal). C. Aboral view of preserved specimen (MBC- 077783).

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

FIGURE 31. Bathysalenia phoinissa (MBC- 077789). A. Map showing distribution. B. Side view of preserved specimen. C. Apical system of preserved specimen.

FIGURE 60. Echinocyamus elegans (SAMC-A 22305). A. Map showing distribution. B. Aboral view of preserved specimen. C. Oral view of preserved specimen. D. Side view of preserved specimen.