Description
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Description: test flat, pentagonal, corners rounded, margin slightly thick; oral ambulacral furrows prominent up to the margin of the test; periproct on the oral side, close to the posterior margin, in the posterior interambulacrum; genital pores five (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: subtidal silty areas (Sastry, 1995). Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Karnataka (Sastry, 1995). General distribution: Red Sea and East coast of Africa to East Indies (Sastry, 1991); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995).
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- copyright
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- bibliographic citation
- Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls. Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls.
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
