exigua Lamarck, 1816, Asterias

Asterias exigua Lamarck, 1816: 554 .

Parvulastra exigua ‒ O’Loughlin & Waters 2004: 225. — Jangoux 2021: 228.

CURRENT STATUS. — Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816) .

TYPE MATERIAL. — South Africa • 6 syntypes; Cape of Good Hope; Baudin expedition;1800-1804; Péron & Lesueur leg.; MNHN- IE-2014-526 .

REMARKS

Photographs and original drawings of A. exigua syntypes are presented in Jangoux (2021: 228 fig.15).

Due to wrong information (presumed loss of A. exigua type specimens), Dartnall (1971) designated a neotype for the species. The neotype is from False Bay (South Africa) and is kept in the TMH (ref. TMH 508).