Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler 1920)
- Dataset
- The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Paxillosida
- family
- Astropectinidae
- genus
- Macroptychaster
- species
- Macroptychaster accrescens
discussion
REMARK Additional syntypes are kept in the Australian Museum, Sydney (ref. J 3639 [2 syntypes] & J 3640 [4 syntypes]) (Rowe & Pawson 1977).
materials_examined
TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; station 12; Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911 - 1914); 64 ° 32 ’ S, 97 ° 20 ’ E; depth 201 m; MNHN-IE- 2014 - 439.