calcitrapa var. 1 Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

(Fig. 6)

Asterias calcitrapa Lamarck, 1816: 563 .

Astropecten calcitrapa – Clark 1989: 254.

CURRENT STATUS. — Asterias calcitrapa var. 1 is newly synonymized here with Bollonaster pectinatus (Sladen, 1883) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MHNH; Lesueur drawings collection; ref. 74012; Baudin expedition; Péron and Lesueur leg .

DISTRIBUTION. — The species occurs in temperate water of southern Australia and around Tasmania.

REMARKS

Péron and Lesueur’s material of A. calcitrapa var. 1 could not be found in the MNHN.

Lesueur detailed drawings of both arm cross section and arm actinal surface (Fig. 6C and D) allow to identify the species as Bollonaster pectinatus .