Title: Echinoderms from Southern New Zealand

Author: H. Barraclough Fell

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

Part of: Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington

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Spatangus Mueller, 1776

Spatangus multispinus Mrtsn., 1925

• Cape Campbell, 20 fathoms, soft mud bottom, September, 1949; one specimen.

In life, the species is bright purple, fading after preservation to dull mauve. It is known so far only from the Cape Campbell area.