Dermechinus horridus subsp. africanus Doderlein 1906 ...

• Main Authors: Filander, Zoleka, Griffiths, Charles
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Echinoidea; Camarodonta; Echinidae; Dermechinus; Dermechinus horridus; Dermechinus horridus africanus döderlein, 1906; Antarctic; New Zealand; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6022731; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6022731

Dermechinus horridus africanus Döderlein, 1906 Fig. 42 A–C. Sterechinus horridus: Döderlein, 1906: 220 –222. Pl. XXVIII, Figs 1–2. Pl. XXXV, Figs 2–3. Pl. XLVII, Figs 10–11; Döderlein, 1910: 248. Echinus horridus: H.L. Clark, 1923: 384; H.L. Clark, 1924: 7; H.L. Clark, 1925a: 113. Dermechinus horridus: Mortensen, 1943: 112 –117. Pl. XIX, Figs 6–10, Pl. XX, Figs 1–3, Pl. LVI, Figs 22–23, 29– 31; Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976: 235; Schultz, 2010: 182. Material examined. MBC-A 023078; MBC-A023372; MBC-A077820; MBC-A077819; MBC-A077821. Identification. Test melon-shaped, ambulacra sunken, corresponding raised interambulacra, giving distinctive appearance. Miliary spines numerous, orange reddish in color. Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 90 mm, maximum height 120 mm. Global distribution. South America, West and South coast regions of South Africa, south Australia and Tasmania, Southern New Zealand and Antarctic, at 30–1020 m depth (Döderlein 1910; Mortensen 1943; Schultz 2010) Remarks. Variation in ... : 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 39-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843325 ...