Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840), 1869

Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, Zoosystema 44 (11), pp. 259-334 : 287-288

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CB240BD2-A288-471F-BD23-E5A9AB045851
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6639574
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA8781-FF8B-396A-FCE0-F8DDFCDFFE7F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
status

Treatment

gracilis Müller & Troschel, 1842, Echinaster

Echinaster gracilis Müller & Troschel, 1842: 25 .

Othilia purpureus Gray, 1840: 282 , n. syn.

CURRENT STATUS. — Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840) View in CoL .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Unknown origin • 1 syntype;MNHN-IE-2017-1424.

REMARK

E. gracilis inhabits Indian Seas according to Dujardin & Hupé (1862).

The species shares all the characteristics of the common Indian Ocean species Echinaster purpureus , having a reticulated skeleton and abactinal plates arranged in longitudinal series.