Temnopleurus michaelseni (Döderlein, 1914)

Hegde, Mahabaleshwar R. & Rivonker, Chandrashekher U., 2013, A new record of Temnopleurus decipiens (de Meijere, 1904) (Echinoidea, Temnopleuroida, Temnopleuridae) from Indian waters, Zoosystema 35 (1), pp. 97-111 : 105

Temnopleurus michaelseni (Döderlein, 1914)

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Littoral zone down to 16 m depth along the western and southern coasts of Australia ( Schultz 2006).

DESCRIPTION

Maximum test diameter 25 mm. Suranal plate distinct and rounded; anal opening eccentric in the periproct. Ambulacral pore-pairs arranged in a straight series. Deep sutural furrow continuous along the entire length of the sutures. Grooves in ambulacra and interambulacra are deeply depressed and separated. Primary spines short, less than half the test diameter, coloured reddish brown at the base changing to greenish at the tip ( Mortensen 1943; Schultz 2006).