Forbes, 1841 : 190
A. Agassiz, 1872 : 109
Döderlein, 1910 : 248
H.L. Clark, 1925a : 232
Mortensen, 1951 : 152
Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 : 251
Schultz, 2010 : 411
Branch et al. , 2010 : 236
Echinocardium australe
Bell, 1904 : 174
Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa
Filander, Zoleka
Griffiths, Charles
Zootaxa
2017
4296
1
1
72
38GP4
(Pennant, 1777)
Pennant
1777
[151,666,873,899]
Echinoidea
Loveniidae
Echinocardium
Animalia
Spatangoida
59
60
Echinodermata
species
cordatum
Amphidotus cordatus: Forbes, 1841: 190–193. Echinocardium cordatum: A. Agassiz, 1872: 109; 349. Pl. XIX, Figs 10–17. Pl. XX, Figs 5–7; Döderlein, 1910: 248; H.L. Clark, 1923*: 405. Pl. XIII; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 232–233; Mortensen, 1951: 152–157. Pl. XVIII, Figs 6, 7. (1–3, 8); Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 251–252; Schultz, 2010: 411–412, Figs 772–774; Branch et al., 2010: 236, Fig. 106.5. Echinocardium australe. A. Agassiz, 1872–74: 109; 580. Pl. XXXVII, Fig. 15; Bell, 1904: 174.
Material examined.MBC-A077941; MBC-A 022287; MBC-A 022288; MBC-A 022289; MBC-A 022293; MBC- A023309; MBC-A023402; MBC-A027879; MBC-A077955; MBC-A077956; MBC-A077959; MBC-A077963; MBC-A077961; MBC-A077962; MBC-A077958; MBC-A077957; MBC-A077960; MBC-A077954; A27739; A6457; MBC-A077965; MBC-A077966; MBC-A077967; MBC-A077968; MBC-A077969; MBC-A077970; MBC-A077971; MBC-A078006; A 22354; A 22355; MBC-A 022287; MBC-A 022288; MBC-A 022289; MBC- A 022293. Identification.Test moderately high, with deep anterior notch. Apical disc posteriorly positioned. Anterior ambulacrum distinctively sunken, two-series of irregularly arranged, large pores, associated with tube feet; paired petals sunken, wide at internal fasciole, tapering distally. Periproct opening at truncated end, variable in shape. Internal fasciole conspicuously long, subanal fasciole shield-shaped, with four pore-pairs, pointed at end; anal fasciole extending along periproct, onto upper side, separated from subanal fasciole. Spines uniform. Live specimen brownish, denuded test white.
Global maximum size.Maximum test length 90 mm. Global distribution.From northern Norwayalong European coasts into Mediterranean and Morocco, SouthAfrica, Japan, New Zealandand southern Australia; from littoral to 500 m( Döderlein 1910; Schultz 2010).
Remarks.Samples identified through current study extend previously known distribution northwards towards Sodwana Bay. Differs from E. capensein large shield shape internal fasciole and frontal notch.