Asterias calcitrapa, Lamarck, 1816

Jangoux, Michel, 2021, The asteroid species of Lamarck (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), Zoosystema 43 (13), pp. 213-252 : 221-223

calcitrapa var. 2 Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

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Asterias calcitrapa Lamarck, 1816: 563 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Asterias calcitrapa var. 2 is newly synonymized here with Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MHNH; Lesueur drawings collection; ref. 74011; Baudin expedition (1800-1804); Péron and Lesueur leg .

DISTRIBUTION. — From west and north Australia up to Sri Lanka and South China sea.

REMARK

Péron and Lesueur’s material of A. calcitrapa var. 2 could not be found in the MNHN.

Lesueur detailed drawings of both arm cross section and arm actinal surface ( Fig. 7C and D ) allow to identify the species as Astropecten vappa .

Figures

FIG. 7. — Asterias calcitrapa var. 2 Lamarck, 1816: A, B, abactinal (A) and actinal (B) surfaces; C, interradial marginal plates; D, arm cross-section showing the arrangement of skeletal plates; E, ambulacral armature and inferomarginal plates (Lesueur collection 74011, details, coutesy of MHNH).