granulosa Perrier, 1875, Asterina

Asterina granulosa Perrier, 1875: 312 .

Patiria miniata ‒ O’Loughlin & Waters, 2004: 28.

CURRENT STATUS. — Patiria miniata (Brandt, 1835) .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Hawaii • 1 syntype; Sandwich Islands; Ballieu leg.; 1874; MNHN-IE-2014-51 • 4 syntypes, same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-352.

REMARK

Providing the type locality is correct, the synonymy proposed by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004) is questionable as A. miniata occurs from Alaska to Lower California (Clark 1993: 211).