Diadema savignyi ( Audouin, 1809 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6022656 |
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Diadema savignyi ( Audouin, 1809 ) |
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Diadema savignyi ( Audouin, 1809) View in CoL
Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27 A–B.
Diadema savignyi: H.L. Clark, 1925a: 43 View in CoL ; Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 225; Coleman et al., 1991: 169; Samyn, 2003: 201, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 g; Schultz, 2010: 102, Figs 183–186.
Material examined. MBC-A023308.
Identification. Maximum of five interambulacra tubercles, in horizontal series. Blue iridescent lines along aboral plates, interambulacra with white spots; anal cone black. Spines black, banded in juveniles.
Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 100 mm.
Global distribution. Kenya (Samyn, 2003), Red Sea to East coast of South Africa , eastwards to Easter Islands , from Japan to Australia; littoral to 70 m depth ( Schultz 2010).
Remarks. Unlike Chaetodiadema africanum , aboral interambulacra area is not distinctively naked.
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Diadema savignyi ( Audouin, 1809 )
Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles 2017 |
Diadema savignyi: H.L. Clark, 1925a : 43
Schultz 2010: 102 |
Coleman 1991: 169 |
Clark 1976: 225 |
Clark 1925: 43 |