Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939

Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, Zootaxa 4296 (1), pp. 1-72 : 26-27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6022644

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scientific name

Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939
status

 

Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939 View in CoL

Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 A–C.

Aspidodiadema africanum View in CoL n. sp.: Mortensen, 1939: 548.

Aspidodiadema nicobaricum: H.L. Clark, 1923 View in CoL *: 371–372; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 39. Aspidodiadema africanum: Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 223 View in CoL , Schultz, 2011: 1118, Fig. 1964.

Material examined. MBC-A 022216.

Identification. Test small, sub-globular. Tubercles perforate and crenulate. Primary spines slender, brittle, hollow, or with a partially-filled core, serrated. Peristome encircled by club-shaped spines, and buccal plates. Preserved specimen light brown to purplish with white spines.

Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 16 mm.

Global distribution. Endemic to South coast of South Africa, at 720–820 m depth ( Mortensen, 1939; Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976).

Remarks. Represented by just one specimen (MBC-A 022216) in the Iziko collection.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Aspidodiadematoida

Family

Aspidodiadematidae

Genus

Aspidodiadema

Loc

Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939

Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles 2017
2017
Loc

Aspidodiadema africanum

Mortensen 1939: 548
1939
Loc

Aspidodiadema nicobaricum:

Schultz 2011: 1118
Clark 1976: 223
Clark 1925: 39
1925
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