H.L. Clark, 1924 : 4 Mortensen, 1935 : 251 Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 : 219 A.M. Clark, 1977 : 133 Schultz, 2011 : 1081 Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa Filander, Zoleka Griffiths, Charles Zootaxa 2017 4296 1 1 72 G4H2 H. L. Clark, 1925 c H. L. Clark 1925 [151,682,1712,1738] Echinoidea Echinothuriidae Araeosoma Animalia Echinothurioida 20 21 Echinodermata species paucispinum     Araeosoma paucispinum  H.L. Clark, 1924: 4. Pl. II;  Mortensen, 1935: 251–254. Pls. XLI–XLII. Pl. LXXIX, Figs 1–9;  Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 219;  A.M. Clark, 1977: 133;  Schultz, 2011: 1081, Fig. 1887.   Material examined.MBC-A 022777; MBC-A 022814; MBC-A023304; MBC-A 022221.  Identification.Test of live specimen high with circular outline. Apical plates small and widely spaced; madreporite divided into two or more parts, in some cases extending over some of the periproctal plates. Secondary ambulacra plates reduced to tablet around pore-pairs, slightly horizontal arcs. Tridentate pedicellariae with strongly involute, curved valves absent. Live specimen dark violet, when preserved reddish in color.   Global maximum size.Maximum test diameter 135 mm.    Globaldistribution. Endemicto Eastcoast region of South Africa, at  360–454 mdepth (Clark & Courtman- Stock 1976).   Remarks.Specimens in very poor condition, making it difficult to report on tubercles and some other structures. 1586033302 South Africa East 407 Global Endemic 21 22 1