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Published June 3, 2022 | Version v1
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Macroptychaster accrescens

  • 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

accrescens Koehler, 1920, Leptoptychaster

Leptoptychaster accrescens Koehler, 1920: 246, pl. 47, fig. 7-10, pl. 48, fig. 1-7, pl. 49, fig. 5.

Macroptychaster accrescens ‒ Clark 1989: 283.

CURRENT STATUS. — Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; station 12; Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-1914); 64°32’S, 97°20’E; depth 201 m; MNHN-IE-2014-439.

REMARK

Additional syntypes are kept in the Australian Museum, Sydney (ref. J3639 [2 syntypes] & J3640 [4 syntypes]) (Rowe & Pawson 1977).

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 262, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Astropectinidae
Genus
Macroptychaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Paxillosida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Koehler
Species
accrescens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920) sec. Jangoux, 2022

References

  • KOEHLER R. 1920. - Echinodermata, Asteroidea. Scientific Report of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914 8 (1): 1 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 85380
  • CLARK A. M. 1989. - An index of recent Asteroidea. Part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in JANGOUX M. & LAWRENCE J. M. (eds) Echinoderm Studies, vol. 3, Balkema, Rotterdam: 225 - 347.
  • ROWE F. W. & PAWSON D. L. 1977. - A catalogue of echinoderm type-specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 30: 337 - 364. https: // doi. org / 10.385 3 / j. 0067 - 1975.30.1977.392