contorta Perrier, 1881, Asterias

Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881: 1; 1884: 199.

Sclerasterias contorta ‒ Clark & Downey 1992: 449.

CURRENT STATUS. — Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881) .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Caribbean Sea • 1 syntype; BLAKE expedition; 1878-1879; MNHN-IE-2014-389 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-108.

REMARKS

Perrier (1884) mentions several West Indies localities (Barbados, St Vincent, Montserrat, Granada, Guadeloupe, Sand-Key, Cariacou). He did not illustrate the species.

Nine syntypes are deposited in the MCZ (MCZ 1204-1207, MCZ 1476, MCZ 1478-1481) (Clark & Downey, 1992).