Spatangus capensis Döderlein, 1905

Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, Zootaxa 4296 (1), pp. 1-72 : 63

Spatangus capensis Döderlein, 1905

Fig. 73 A–D.

Spatangus capensis: Döderlein, 1906: 261 –263. Pl. XXXIII, Fig. 1 , Pl. XLVIII, Fig. 4 ; Döderlein, 1910: 247, 258; H.L. Clark, 1923 *: 404. Pl. XIII; H.L. Clark, 1924: 13; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 224; Mortensen, 1951: 16. Pl. I, Figs 1–3 ; Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 253; Schultz, 2010: 430.

Material examined. MBC-A 022269; MBC-A 022351; MBC-A 022352; A22298; A22342 ; A22349; MBC- A 022353; MBC-A 022358; MBC-A023319; MBC-A077979; MBC-A077974; MBC-A077976; MBC-A077982; A23091; A23319; SAMC-A23080; MBC-A077981; MBC-A077975; MBC-A077977; A23081; A 24692; MBC- A077980; MBC-A077978; A 23319.

Identification. Test heart-shaped; lacking tubercles in ambulacrum outside petals, small primary tubercles rarely found towards ambitus in anterior ambulacra, no tubercles in posterior ambulacra; spines short; purple in color.

Global maximum size. Maximum test length 125 mm.

Global distribution. Endemic to West and South coast regions of South Africa, at 37–500 m depth ( Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976).

Remarks. Differs from Spatagobrissus mirabilis in lacking peripetalous fascioles and having an anterior frontal notch.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Detail of regular echinoid: upper (Stomopneustes variolaris) and lower (Stereocidaris excavata) side, showing terminology of various body parts.

FIGURE 4. Tubercle types: A. perforated and non-crenulated (Stereocidaris alcocki). B. non-perforated and non-crenulated (Stomopneustes variolaris). C. perforated and crenulated (Chaetodiadema africanum).

FIGURE 73. Spatangus capensis (MBC-A 077980). A. Map showing distribution. B. Aboral view of preserved specimen. C. Oral view of preserved specimen. D. Side view of preserved specimen.