Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6022644 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87F0-FFBE-FFC6-FF57-F9A2FB45FF0B |
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Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939 |
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Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939 View in CoL
Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 A–C.
Aspidodiadema africanum View in CoL n. sp.: Mortensen, 1939: 548.
Aspidodiadema nicobaricum: H.L. Clark, 1923 View in CoL *: 371–372; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 39. Aspidodiadema africanum: Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 223 View in CoL , Schultz, 2011: 1118, Fig. 1964.
Material examined. MBC-A 022216.
Identification. Test small, sub-globular. Tubercles perforate and crenulate. Primary spines slender, brittle, hollow, or with a partially-filled core, serrated. Peristome encircled by club-shaped spines, and buccal plates. Preserved specimen light brown to purplish with white spines.
Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 16 mm.
Global distribution. Endemic to South coast of South Africa, at 720–820 m depth ( Mortensen, 1939; Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976).
Remarks. Represented by just one specimen (MBC-A 022216) in the Iziko collection.
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Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939
| Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles 2017 |
Aspidodiadema africanum
| Mortensen 1939: 548 |
Aspidodiadema nicobaricum:
| Schultz 2011: 1118 |
| Clark 1976: 223 |
| Clark 1925: 39 |