Echinaster smithi Ludwig, 1903

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 : 318

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scientific name	Echinaster smithi Ludwig, 1903
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smithi Ludwig, 1903, Echinaster View in CoL

Echinaster smithi Ludwig, 1903: 25 View in CoL , pl. 3, figs 21, 22. — Clark 1996: 226.

CURRENT STATUS. — Echinaster smithi Ludwig, 1903 View in CoL .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • holotype; Belgica expedition (1897- 1899); 71°18’S, 82°02’W; 450 m; MNHN-IE-2014-366 GoogleMaps .

REMARKS

The holotype was considered lost, because it was not found in the collection of the RBINS ( Jangoux & Massin 1986).

Ludwig (1903) does not give a complete picture of the species; this was done later by Koehler (1920: 13, pl. 25, figs 8, 9).

References

CLARK A. M. 1996. - An index of recent Asteroidea. Part 3: Velatida and Spinulosida, in JANGOUX M. & LAWRENCE J. M. (eds) Echinoderm Studies, vol. 5: 183 - 250. Balkema, Rotterdam.

JANGOUX M. & MASSIN C. 1986. - Catalogue commente des types d'echinodermes actuels conserves dans les collections nationales belges. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 56: 83 - 97.

KOEHLER R. 1920. - Echinodermata, Asteroidea. Scientific Report of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914 8 (1): 1 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 85380

LUDWIG H. 1903. - Seesterne. Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. Belgica. (Zool.) 1903: 1 - 72. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 2146540