Odontaster validus Koehler 1905
- 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
- Valvatida
- family
- Odontasteridae
- genus
- Odontaster
- species
- Odontaster validus
discussion
REMARK Koehler (1906) mentions nine specimens: five were collected in Howgard Island waters, the origin of the others is unspecified.
materials_examined
TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; Howgard Island; French Antarctic expedition; 1903 - 1905; MNHN-IE- 2014 - 203 • 4 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE- 2014 - 335 • 1 syntype; unspecified locality; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE- 2014 - 211 • 5 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE- 2014 - 236 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE- 2014 - 445.