Akelbaster novaecaledoniae Mah, 2007

Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, Zoosystema 44 (11), pp. 259-334 : 302-303

novaecaledoniae Mah, 2007, Akelbaster

Akelbaster novaecaledoniae Mah, 2007: 318 , fig. 3A-F.

CURRENT STATUS. — Akelbaster novaecaledoniae Mah, 2007 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — New Caledonia • holotype. station DW 178 ; Jumeau Bank ; SMIB 8 campaign; 23°45’S, 168°17’E; depth 400 m, MNHN-IE-2014-312 • 1 paratype; station DW 18; SMIB 3 campaign; 23°42’S, 167°57’E; depth 338 m; MNHN-IE-2014-294 • 4 paratypes; station DW 50; SMIB 4 campaign; 23°42’S, 168°01’E; depth 260-295 m; MNHN-IE-2014-295 • 2 paratypes; station DW 51; same as for preceding; 23°41’S, 168°01’E; depth 245- 260 m; MNHN-IE-2014-308 • 1 paratype; station DW 75; SMIB 5 campaign; 23°41’S, 168°01’E; 50-270 m; MNHN-IE-2014-313 • 1 paratype; station DW 87; same as for preceding; 22°19’S, 168°41’E; depth 335-370 m; MNHN-IE-2014-314 • 3 paratypes; station DW 102; same as for preceding; 23°20’S, 163°05’E; depth 290-305 m; MNHN-IE-2014-293 • 2 paratypes; station DW 101; same as for preceding; 23°22’S, 168°05’E; depth 225-270 m; MNHN-IE-2014-311 • 2 paratypes; station CP 806; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-305 • 3 paratypes; station DW 73; same as for preceding; 23°40’S, 168°01’E; depth 230-240 m; MNHN- IE-2014-306 • 1 paratype; station DW 77; same as for preceding; 23°41’S, 168°01’E; depth 230-270 m; MNHN-IE-2014-307.

Pacific Ocean • 2 paratypes; station CP 806; Norfolk ridge; BATHUS 3 campaign; 23°42’S, 168°01’E; 308-312 m; MNHN-IE-2014-292 .