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Gymnopatagus magnus A. Agassiz & H. L. Clark 1907
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Gymnopatagus magnus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907c
Fig. 72 A–C.
G ymnopatagus magnus: Mortensen, 1951: 447 –449. Pl. XXVI, Figs 7–9. Pl. XXVII, Figs 8–10. Pl. LXI, Figs 19–26; A.M. Clark, 1977 *: 139, 145–146; Schultz, 2010: 693, Figs 1176–1179.
Material examined. MBC-A 022887
Identification. Test heart-shaped, relatively low, highest at apical disc, sloping towards posterior end; somewhat distally closed petals. Preserved specimen yellowish, denuded test light brown. Global maximum size. Maximum test length 111 mm.
Global distribution. Japan to Indian Ocean, East coast of South Africa; at 730–2350 m depth (Schultz 2010). Remarks. Distinguished from Spatagobrissus mirabilis by its frontal notch.
Notes
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 62-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843325
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Maretiidae
- Genus
- Gymnopatagus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Spatangoida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- A. Agassiz & H. L. Clark
- Species
- magnus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gymnopatagus magnus Agassiz, 1907 sec. Filander & Griffiths, 2017
References
- Agassiz, A. & Clark, H. L. (1907 c) Preliminary report on the Echini collected in 1906, from May to December, among the Aleutian Islands, in Bering Sea, and along the coasts of Kamchatka, Saghalin, Korea, and Japan, by U. S. Fish Commission steamer " Albatross ", in charge of Lieut. - Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. B ulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 51, 107 - 139.
- Mortensen, T. (1951) A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V. 2. Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata. III. Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosnizidae, Schizateridae, Brissidae. Reitzel, Copenhagen, 593 pp.
- Clark, A. M. (1977) The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. 4. Echinoderms. Annals of the South African Museum, 73 (6), 133 - 147.
- Schultz, H. (2010) Sea-Urchins, a Guide to Worldwide Shallow Water Species. 3 rd Edition. Scientific Publication, Hemdingen, 484 pp.