carinifera Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

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Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816: 556 .

Asteropsis carinifera – Clark 1993: 320.

CURRENT STATUS. — Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MHNH; Lesueur collection 74041; Baudin expedition (1800-1804); Péron and Lesueur leg .

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

REMARK

Lamarck’s Latin diagnosis for Asterias carinifera is as follows: “ angulis prorrectis; margine aculato; dorso carinis quinque aculatis muricato [angles well marked; margin spiny; carinated arms each with a row of prominent spines]”. This definition clearly corresponds to adult individuals of A. carinifera (see further comment under the species Asterias punctata Lamarck, 1816). Péron and Lesueur’s material of A. carinifera could not be found in the MNHN.