Scytaster muelleri, Duchassaing, 1850
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11 |
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publication LSID |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CB240BD2-A288-471F-BD23-E5A9AB045851 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6638892 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA8781-FFB9-3959-FC2D-F9DEFB20F843 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Scytaster muelleri |
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muelleri nomen dubium, Scytaster
TYPE MATERIAL. — West Indies • 3 syntypes; Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas; Michelin leg.; MNHN-IE-2014-469 .
REMARKS
The three specimens from St Thomas ( Virgin Islands) of the MNHN collection are considered type specimens of Scytaster muelleri , a species presumably described by Duchassaing (1850). Yet neither this publication nor any other Duchassaing’s publications include the description of a S. muelleri species which, consequently, should be considered a long-lasting nomen dubium . The MNHN syntypes of Scytaster muelleri belong to the species Ophidiaster guildingi .
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