Acanthaster mauritiensis de Loriol, 1885

Haszprunar, Gerhard & Spies, Martin, 2014, An integrative approach to the taxonomy of the crown-of-thorns starfish species group (Asteroidea: Acanthaster): A review of names and comparison to recent molecular data, Zootaxa 3841 (2), pp. 271-284 : 275

(6) Acanthaster mauritiensis de Loriol, 1885

Original source. Loriol (1885): p. 6–10, pl. XII (12), figs. 1, 1a–e, 2, 2a, 3, 3a–i.

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Nomenclatural status. Available name.

Type material. An unknown number of syntypes from collections by V. de Robillard; see remark (1) below .

Type localities. Various unspecified collecting sites of Robillard's around Mauritius Island.

Remarks. (1) According to Loriol (1885: 9) "Mr de Robillard ... sent this species quite frequently"; thus, the original description was based on an unknown number of syntypes. At least two of these appear to have been preserved at the Department of Invertebrates of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève ( Switzerland) (collection codes MHNG-INVE-70565, -70566; J. Mariaux, pers. comm. 2014).

(2) Loriol (1885) described and illustrated many details of his species.