clouei Perrier, 1869, Echinaster

Echinaster clouei Perrier, 1869: 57 .

Othilia purpureus Gray, 1840: 282, n. syn.

CURRENT STATUS. — Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840) .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Madagascar • 1 syntype; Captain Cloué leg.; 1847; MNHN-IE-2014-367.

REMARK

Perrier’s type specimen shares all the characteristics of the common Indian Ocean species Echinaster purpureus, having a reticulated skeleton and abactinal plates arranged in longitudinal series.