calcar var. octogona Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

Asterias calcar var. octogona Lamarck, 1816: 557 . — Jangoux 2021: 215.

Meridiastra calcar ‒ O’Loughlin & Waters 2004: 3.

CURRENT STATUS. — Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Australia • holotype. King George Sound ( Albany); Baudin expedition; 1800-1804; Péron & Lesueur leg.; MNHN-IE-2014-248.

REMARKS

Photographs and drawings of A. calcar var. octogona holotype are presented in Jangoux (2021: 219, fig. 4).

A. calcar var. octogona holotype was not recognized by Müller & Troschel (1842: 43) who described it as one of the type specimens of a new species ( Asteriscus australis).