Gymnopatagus magnus A. Agassiz & H. L. Clark 1907
- Dataset
- Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Echinoidea
- order
- Spatangoida
- family
- Maretiidae
- genus
- Gymnopatagus
- species
- Gymnopatagus magnus
description
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.
description
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.
materials_examined
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.