Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867

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muricata Verrill, 1867 , Coscinasterias

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Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867: 249 . — Clark in Clark & Mah 2001: 270.

CURRENT STATUS. — Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MHNH; Lesueur drawings collection; ref. 74036; Baudin expedition (1800-1804); Péron and Lesueur leg .

DISTRIBUTION. — Temperate Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand.

REMARK

Péron and Lesueur’s material could not be found in the MNHN.

Figures

FIG. 22. — Coscinaterias muricata Verrill, 1867: A, B, abactinal (A) and actinal (B) surfaces; C, arm cross-section showing enlarged abactinal spines surronded by rings of crossed pedicellariae, below: upper view of such a spine and ring; C, actinal side of an arm section showing tube feet and adambulacral and inferomarginal spines (MHNH, Lesueur collection 74036, details, courtesy of MHNH).