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Published June 3, 2022 | Version v1
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Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler 1912

  • 1. Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 avenue F. D. Roosevelt, B- 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium) and Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, B- 7000 Mons (Belgium) michel. jangoux @ telenet. be

Description

aurantiacus Koehler, 1912, Perknaster

Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912: 153; 1912a: 36, pl. 3, fig. 9, pl. 4, fig. 1. — Clark 1993: 202.

CURRENT STATUS. — Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; Pourquoi-Pas? expedition; 1908-1910; unspecified locality; MNHN-IE-2014-435 • 2 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-462 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-20 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-436.

REMARK

According to Koehler (1912a) the type series consists of five specimens collected in Peltier Channel: between Goetschy and Doumer Islands, 92 m (1 specimen); entrance of Marguerite Bay, 67°43’S, 70°45’W, 254 m (1 specimen); near Alexandre 1 st Land, 68°34’S, 72°05’W, 250 m (2 specimens); and south of Jenny Island, 68°00’S, 70°02’W, 250 m (1 specimen).

Notes

Published as part of Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, pp. 259-334 in Zoosystema 44 (11) on page 268, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ganeriidae
Genus
Perknaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Koehler
Species
aurantiacus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912 sec. Jangoux, 2022

References

  • KOEHLER R. 1912 a. - Echinodermes nouveaux recueillis dans les mers antarctiques par le Pourquoi Pas? Zoologischer Anzeiger 39: 151 - 163.
  • CLARK A. M. 1993. - An index of recent Asteroidea. Part 2: Valvatida, in JANGOUX M. & LAWRENCE J. M. (eds) Echinoderm Studies, vol. 4, Balkema, Rotterdam: 187 - 366.