helianthus Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

(Fig. 17)

Asterias helianthus Lamarck, 1816: 558 .

Heliaster helianthus – Clark in Clark & Mah 2001: 307.

CURRENT STATUS. — Heliaster helianthus (Lamarck, 1816) .

REMARK

Lamarck only refered to Bruguière’s (1791: pl. 108-109) drawings when describing the species. He gave no localities though one could expect the drawn individual came from Chilean coast. Bruguière’s material could not be found in the MNHN.