The East Pacific / South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions Author Mah, Christopher L. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-02 4980 3 401 450 journal article 5948 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1 f36e1c1f-1bfa-4fbc-b2dd-5edf6c7173af 1175-5326 4896889 F1FCA8AC-A984-4547-8A05-F1993BDAEE7C Astrostole Fisher, 1923 Fisher 1923: 255 , 1928: 130 . Comment. Astrostole includes six widely distributed shallow-water species in the South Pacific, from Australia and New Zealand to the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Astrostole scabra was supported in Mah & Foltz’s (2011) molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea as a member of the “Pan Tropical” clade within the Asteriidae , a cluster with members present in Pacific and Atlantic tropics. Astrostole is similar to other members of the “Pan Tropical” clade in that it displays multiple rays, 6 to 10.