Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel 1843

FIGURE 32

Comments

A species with a full series of single, prominent, conical spines present on each superomarginal plate, lacking the two prominent interradial spines and the absent spines on the post-interradial plates.

Liao & Clark (1995) show this species as present in the Hong Kong region. A recent account of this species was presented by Marsh & Fromont (2020).

Occurrence/Distribution

Hong Kong, 3 m.

Outside Hong Kong. Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific. Southern China region, Taiwan, southern Japan, Sri Lanka to Indonesia, the Philippines, all coasts in Australia, 0–128 m. (Marsh & Fromont 2020).