australiae Döderlein, 1915, Anthenea

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Anthenea australiae Döderlein, 1915: 52 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Anthenea australiae Döderlein, 1915 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MNHN-IE-2014-542; 1 specimen; Baudin expedition (1800-1804); Péron and Lesueur leg. [formerly identified as syntype of Asterias pentagonula ] • MNHN-IE-2014-543; 1 specimen; same origin as precedent [formerly identified as syntype of Asterias pentagonula ] • MHNH; Lesueur drawings collection; ref. 74052; Baudin expedition .

DISTRIBUTION. — West and north-west Australian coasts.

REMARK

The MNHN houses two individuals of Döderlein’s Anthenea australiae under the name Anthenea pentagonula (Lamarck, 1816), a misidentification resulting from an earlier confusion about the status of Lamarck’s Asterias pentagonula (further explanation under that species).