Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893

Fig. 60 A–D.

Echinocyamus elegans: H.L. Clark, 1923 *: 393–394; Mortensen, 1948d: 184–185. Pl. XLVI, Figs 29–31; Clark & Courtman- Stock, 1976: 242; Schultz, 2009: 558, Fig. 954.d.

Material examined. MBC-A 022304; MBC-A 022305; MBC-A 022306; MBC-A 022307; MBC-A 022308; MBC- A 022309; MBC-A 022310; MBC-A 022311; MBC-A 022312; MBC-A 022313; MBC-A 022314.

Identification. Test convex aborally, concave orally; petals well-developed, almost extending to ambitus, pores large, maximum of eight pore-pairs, conspicuous, pore zones as wide as interporiferous zones, not meeting distally. Specimen white.

Global maximum size. Maximum test length 6 mm.

Global distribution. Red Sea to West and East coast regions of South Africa; at 110 – 275 m depth (Mortensen 1948d; Schultz 2009).

Remarks. Samples from the Iziko Museum collection extend distribution westwards towards Saldanha Bay.