Pawsonellus africanus Thandar, 1986

Pawsonellus africanus Thandar, 1986: 485, fig 1 a–n; 1991:136, figs. 2c, 15d.

Type

SAM A­ 23442.

Type locality

16 km south of Durban, 36 m.

Previous record

Type locality only.

Material examined

SAM­A27907, Park Rynie, KwaZulu­Natal, K. S. Ganga, March 1984, LWS, 1 spec.

Distribution

Southern KwaZulu­Natal, South Africa, 0– 36 m.

Habitat

Reef sand, seaweed, bryozoans.

Remarks

This species was based on numerous specimens taken from subtidal waters, south of Durban. This is the first record of the species from intertidal waters, also south of Durban. The species is well characterised by its ambulacral restriction of the podia in two rows, the two mid­ventral tentacles reduced to stumps with bifurcating tips, and multilocular, platelike body wall spicules.