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Odontaster validus Koehler 1905

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Description

tenuis Koehler, 1905, Odontaster

Odontaster tenuis Koehler, 1905: 468; 1906: 8, pl. 4, figs 33-38.

Odontaster validus ‒ Clark 1993: 198.

CURRENT STATUS. — Odontaster validus Koehler, 1905.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; Howgard Island; French Antarctic expedition; 1903-1905; MNHN-IE-2014-203 • 4 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-335 • 1 syntype; unspecified locality; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-211 • 5 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-236 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-445.

REMARK

Koehler (1906) mentions nine specimens:five were collected in Howgard Island waters, the origin of the others is unspecified.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Odontasteridae
Genus
Odontaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Koehler
Species
validus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Odontaster validus Koehler, 1905 sec. Jangoux, 2022

References

  • KOEHLER R. 1905 a. - Note preliminaire sur les echinodermes recueillis par l'expedition antarctique francaise du Dr Charcot (echinides, asterides et ophiures). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris 11: 64 - 470. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 5034003
  • KOEHLER R. 1906. - Echinodermes (stellerides, ophiures et echinides). Expedition antarctique francaise (1903 - 1905). Masson, Paris, 41 p. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 951184
  • 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.