Echinaster modestus Perrier, 1881

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 : 300

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scientific name	Echinaster modestus Perrier, 1881
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modestus Perrier, 1881, Echinaster View in CoL

Echinaster modestus Perrier, 1881: 7 View in CoL ; 1884: 206, pl. 3, fig. 7; Clark 1996: 224.

CURRENT STATUS. — Echinaster modestus Perrier, 1881 View in CoL .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Caribbean Sea • 1 paralectotype; St Vincent; BLAKE expedition (1878-1879); depth 225 m; MNHN-IE-2014-372.

REMARK

Lectotype and several paralectotypes are deposited in MCZ ( MCZ 1080 [lectotype], MCZ 4668 and MCZ 1119 [paralectotypes]) ( Clark & Downey 1992).

References

CLARK A. M. & DOWNEY M. E. 1992. - Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman and Hall, London, 565 p.

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.

PERRIER E. 1881. - Description sommaire des nouvelles especes d'asteries. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoology 9 (1): 1 - 31. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 6353244

PERRIER E. 1884. - Memoire sur les etoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique. Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire naturelles de Paris (2) 6: 127 - 276. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 44579946