Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti 1893

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.
Published as part of Filander, Zoleka & Griffiths, Charles, 2017, Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4296 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843325
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