WoRMS taxon details
Echinocardium capense Mortensen, 1907
213432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213432)
accepted
Species
Amphidetus capensis (Mortensen, 1907) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortensen, T. (1907). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea. pt. 2. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 200 pp., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/danishingolfexpe42danirich#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 137-139; pl. 2: figs 5-6, 11, pl. 16: fig. 12, pl. 17: figs 5-6, 9, 13, 16, 35, 39 [details]
page(s): 137-139; pl. 2: figs 5-6, 11, pl. 16: fig. 12, pl. 17: figs 5-6, 9, 13, 16, 35, 39 [details]
Type locality contained in Western Cape
, Note Cape Infanta area to East London Area, 57-146...
type locality contained in Western Cape [details]
Type locality Cape Infanta area to East London Area, 57-146 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium capense Mortensen, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213432 on 2026-02-16
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2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Mortensen, T. (1907). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea. pt. 2. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 200 pp., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/danishingolfexpe42danirich#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 137-139; pl. 2: figs 5-6, 11, pl. 16: fig. 12, pl. 17: figs 5-6, 9, 13, 16, 35, 39 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
page(s): 137-139; pl. 2: figs 5-6, 11, pl. 16: fig. 12, pl. 17: figs 5-6, 9, 13, 16, 35, 39 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 160-161 [details]
page(s): 160-161 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy David & Laurin (1996, p. 357-358), based on an analysis of 18 morphological characters of the corona, proposed to synonymize Echinocardium mortenseni and E. lymani species with E. capense. Mironov (2006, p. 123-125), however, convincingly argues that pedicellarial characers and labrum shape of these species do differ from E. capense and that more information on pedicellarial variability is needed to accept or reject the synonymization of these species. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Cape Infanta area to East London Area, 57-146 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
