echinophora Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

Asterias echinophora Lamarck, 1816: 560 .

Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus ‒ Clark & Downey 1992: 367.

CURRENT STATUS. — Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816) .

TYPE MATERIAL. — United States • 4 syntypes; coast of Virginia; MNHN-IE-2014-72 .

REMARKS

Syntypes of A. echinophora would originate from eastern Brazil (Clark & Downey 1992: 370).

Photographs of A. echinophora syntype are presented in Jangoux (2021: 227, fig. 14).