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
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1
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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
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