Temnopleurus reevesii (Gray, 1855)

Fig 38 A–B.

Temnopleurus reevesi: Döderlein, 1906: 200 –201. Pl XXV, Figs 3–6. Pl. XLVI, Fig. 7; Döderlein, 1910: 247; H.L. Clark, 1923: 381; H.L. Clark, 1924:6; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 81; Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 232 –233.

Temnopleurus reevesii: Mortensen, 1904: 62 –64. Pl. VI, Figs 3, 10, 12. Pl. VII, fig. 37; Schultz, 2010: 172, Figs 319–322. Temnopleurus (Toreumatica) reevesii: Mortensen, 1943a: 92 –94. Pl. III, Figs. 1–2, 12, 16–20.

Material examined. MBC-A 022805; MBC-A077818.

Identification. Naked test greenish aborally, naked zones darker, white orally. Suranal plate conspicuously large, genital plates having ring of tubercles on inner parts; pits broad or shallow below primary spines, and sometimes angular at edges of plate. Spines appearing brown with green tints

Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 35 mm.

Global distribution. Japan to China Sea, through Malayan Archipelago to East Africa (Clark & Rowe 1971; Schultz 2010), South and East coast regions of South Africa at 5–565 m depth (Schultz 2010).