vernicina Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

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Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816: 554 .

Petricia vernicina – Clark 1993: 321.

CURRENT STATUS. — Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — South Seas • MNHN-IE-2014-28; 2 syntypes; Baudin expedition (1800-1804); Péron and Lesueur leg. • MHNH; Lesueur drawings collection; ref. 74049; Baudin expedition .

DISTRIBUTION. — South coast of Australia to New South Wales, Tasmania, temperate South-West Pacific.