Lovenia subcarinata Gray 1851

Yiu, Sam King Fung & Mah, Christopher L., 2024, New Ecological Observations and Occurrence for Asteroidea and Echinoidea in Hong Kong, Zootaxa 5526 (1), pp. 1-69 : 32

Lovenia subcarinata Gray 1851

FIGURE 22A–C

This specimen was found at muddy bottom at 20m from southern Hong Kong waters. Among three species recorded in Liao & Clark (1995), the test of Lovenia elongata is funnel like in shape whereas Lovenia triforis is heart-like shape. The shape of Lovenia subcarinata is more oval in outline than that of Lovenia elongata . This species had been noted as being very common in the Gulf of Tonkin. It occurs on muddier bottoms than the other Loveni a spp. ( Schultz 2017).

Occurrence/Distribution

Hong Kong, 15.0 m.

Outside Hong Kong , East Africa to the Gulf of Siam , the Java Sea , Bay of Bengal , Southern China , Philippines and East Indies. 10–49m.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Lovenia subcarinata test showing spination. A. Aboral surface. B. Oral surface. C. Lateral view.