Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912

Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, Zoosystema 44 (11), pp. 259-334 : 268

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6637979
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scientific name	Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912
status

Treatment

aurantiacus Koehler, 1912, Perknaster

Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912: 153 ; 1912a: 36, pl. 3, fig. 9, pl. 4, fig. 1. — Clark 1993: 202.

CURRENT STATUS. — Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; Pourquoi-Pas? expedition; 1908-1910; unspecified locality; MNHN-IE-2014-435 • 2 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-462 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-20 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-436.

REMARK

According to Koehler (1912a) the type series consists of five specimens collected in Peltier Channel: between Goetschy and Doumer Islands, 92 m (1 specimen); entrance of Marguerite Bay, 67°43’S, 70°45’W, 254 m (1 specimen); near Alexandre 1 st Land, 68°34’S, 72°05’W, 250 m (2 specimens); and south of Jenny Island, 68°00’S, 70°02’W, 250 m (1 specimen).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Valvatida
Family	Ganeriidae
Genus	Perknaster