Temnopleurus alexandri (Bell, 1884)

Hegde, Mahabaleshwar R. & Rivonker, Chandrashekher U., 2013, A new record of Temnopleurus decipiens (de Meijere, 1904) (Echinoidea, Temnopleuroida, Temnopleuridae) from Indian waters, Zoosystema 35 (1), pp. 97-111 : 105

Temnopleurus alexandri (Bell, 1884)

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Littoral zone down to 50 m depth ( Schultz 2006) from the eastern Indian Ocean to the coasts of Australia ( Clark & Rowe 1971).

DESCRIPTION

Maximum test diameter 80 mm. Genital plate with some larger tubercles at the inner edge, absence of distinct suranal plate and anal opening near the centre of the periproct. Pore-pairs arranged in oblique arcs. Each interambulacral plate containing up to seven primary tubercles arranged in horizontal series. Sutural pits deep at the oral side. Spines short, pointed, less than half the test diameter, coloured greenish at the base, distally more purplish ( Mortensen 1943; Schultz 2006).