Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler 1912

• Main Author: Jangoux, Michel
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Ganeriidae; Perknaster; Perknaster aurantiacus; Antarc*; Antarctic; Jenny Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6637979; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA8781FF9E397EFF6AFB17FD1EF895

aurantiacus Koehler, 1912, Perknaster Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912: 153; 1912a: 36, pl. 3, fig. 9, pl. 4, fig. 1. — Clark 1993: 202. CURRENT STATUS. — Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912. TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 1 syntype; Pourquoi-Pas? expedition; 1908-1910; unspecified locality; MNHN-IE-2014-435 • 2 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-462 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-20 • 1 syntype; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-436. REMARK According to Koehler (1912a) the type series consists of five specimens collected in Peltier Channel: between Goetschy and Doumer Islands, 92 m (1 specimen); entrance of Marguerite Bay, 67°43’S, 70°45’W, 254 m (1 specimen); near Alexandre 1 st Land, 68°34’S, 72°05’W, 250 m (2 specimens); and south of Jenny Island, 68°00’S, 70°02’W, 250 m (1 specimen). Published as part of Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, pp. 259-334 in Zoosystema 44 (11) on page 268, DOI:10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817