A. Agassiz, 1881 : 175
Bell, 1904 : 174
Döderlein, 1910 :248
H.L. Clark, 1923 : 405
Clark, 1924 : 15
H.L. Clark, 1925a : 232
Schultz, 2010 : 416
Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa
Filander, Zoleka
Griffiths, Charles
Zootaxa
2017
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38GNZ
Mortensen, 1907
Mortensen
1907
[151,659,1289,1315]
Echinoidea
Loveniidae
Echinocardium
Animalia
Spatangoida
58
59
Echinodermata
species
capense
Echinocardium flavescens: A. Agassiz, 1881: 175; Bell, 1904: 174. Echinocardium capense: Döderlein, 1910:248; H.L. Clark, 1923: 405. Pl. XIII; H.L Clark, 1924: 15; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 232; Schultz, 2010: 416, Fig. 785.
Material examined.MBC-A 022294; MBC-A 022303; MBC-A027879. Identification.Test oval, with short spines. Apical disc somewhat sunken, saddle-like in appearance. Anterior aboral ambulacra flushed; petals not widened at short internal fasciole, parallel. Anal fasciole and subanal fasciole joined. Preserved specimen brown.
Global maximum size.Maximum test length 50 mm. Global distribution.Endemic to West and South coasts of South Africa, at 55–310 mdepth ( Döderlein 1910; Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976).
Remarks.According to David & Laurin (1996), this species has been synonymized with the Mediterranean E. mortenseniand the Japanese E. lymani, however, Mironov (2006)has suggested that more information on pedicellarial variation amongst these species is needed before such conclusions are confirmed. We thus retain it for the present as a valid species.