obtusata Bory de Saint Vincent, 1827, Asterias

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Asterias obtusata Bory de Saint Vincent, 1824.

Pentaster obtusatus ‒ Clark 1993: 317.

CURRENT STATUS. — Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de Saint Vincent, 1824).

T YPE MATERIAL. — Unknown origin • 3 syntypes; MNHN- IE-2013-4352.

REMARKS Bory’s species is based on a drawing of an unidentified Asterias (Bruguière 1791, pl. 103).

P. obtusata occurs in the Indo-Malayan region and the Philippines.