nodosa var. 1 & 2 Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

(Fig. 23)

Asterias nodosa Lamarck, 1816: 557 .

Asterias nodosa Linnaeus, 1758: 661 .

Protoreaster nodosus – Clark 1993: 318.

CURRENT STATUS. — Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MHNH; Lesueur drawings collection; ref. 74055; Baudin expedition (1800-1804); Péron and Lesueur leg .

DISTRIBUTION. — Tropical East Indian ocean and tropical West Pacific.