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 4296 1 1 72 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.