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Published June 3, 2022 | Version v1
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Perknaster antarcticus

  • 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

antarcticus Koehler, 1905, Cryaster

Cryaster antarcticus Koehler, 1905: 469; 1906: 24, pl. 1, fig.1, pl. 2, fig. 10.

Perknaster antarcticus ‒ Clark 1993: 202.

CURRENT STATUS. — Perknaster antarcticus (Koehler, 1905).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 2 syntypes; French Antarctic expedition (1903-1905); MNHN-IE-2014-272 • 2 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-39.

REMARKS

Koehler (1906) does not give any locality for these individuals. The species is known from the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross Sea.

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 pages 265-266, 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
antarcticus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Perknaster antarcticus (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.