Plococidaris verticillata
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Description
* Plococidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816)
Fig. 15 A–C.
Phyllacanthus verticillata: A. Agassiz, 1881: 40.
Plococidaris verticillata: Mortensen, 1928a: 428 –433. Pl. LI, Figs 3–7. Pl. LXXIV, Fig. 5. Pl. LXXXIII, Figs 19–21; Schultz, 2010: 50, Figs 88–92; Filander & Griffiths, 2014: 51. Pl. I, Fig. F.
Prionocidaris verticillata: H.L. Clark, 1925a: 17; Richmond, 1997: 294; Samyn, 2003: 200, Figs 2 E, E’.
Material examined. SAMC-A28236.
Identification. Test robust, low and flattened above and below, with arched sides; pores not distinctively conjugate. Apical disc star-shaped, dark, ocular and genital plates with a series of tubercles along the outer and inner edge. Peristome conically raised. Primary spines with three to four crown-like structures, with sharp ends; scrobicular spines adpressed. Generally green/brownish in color, primary spines somewhat banded, whorls having white tips; secondary spines greenish with a light brown base.
Global maximum size. Maximum test diameter 40 mm.
Global distribution. Kenya (Samyn 2003), Zanzibar, East coast of South Africa (Filander & Griffiths 2014), East Africa to Fiji and Hawaiian Islands, from southern Japan to Australian east coast; from littoral to 50 m (Schultz 2010).
Remarks. Distinguishable from Acanthocidaris maculicollis by its stout spines, bearing 3–4 crown structures, and its conically raised peristome.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cidaridae
- Genus
- Plococidaris
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cidaroida
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Scientific name authorship
- Lamarck
- Species
- verticillata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Plococidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816) sec. Filander & Griffiths, 2017
References
- Lamarck, J. B. (1816) Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres, presentant les caracteres generaux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leur classes, leurs familles, leurs generes, et le citation des principales especes qui s'y rapportent; precedee d'une introduction offrant la d´etermination des caracteres essentiells de l'animal, sa distinction du vegetal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Tome Troisieme. Verdiere, Paris, 586 pp.
- Agassiz, A. (1881) Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. In: Report of the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76: a summary of the scientific results, Zoology, 3, 1 - 321.
- Mortensen, T. (1928 a) A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London, 551 pp.
- Schultz, H. (2010) Sea-Urchins, a Guide to Worldwide Shallow Water Species. 3 rd Edition. Scientific Publication, Hemdingen, 484 pp.
- Filander, Z. & Griffiths, C. L. (2014) Additions to and revision of the South African echinoid fauna (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). African Natural History, 10, 47 - 56.
- Clark, H. L. (1925 a) A Catalogue of the Recent Sea-urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Trustees of the British Museum, London, 250 pp.
- Richmond, M. D. (1997) A Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, 448 pp.