The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris Author Jangoux, Michel Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 avenue F. D. Roosevelt, B- 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium) and Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, B- 7000 Mons (Belgium) michel. jangoux @ telenet. be jangoux@telenet.be text Zoosystema 2022 2022-06-03 44 11 259 334 journal article 71620 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11 83dc5b45-5596-4a84-ab44-8b2f4d777110 1638-9387 6616817 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CB240BD2-A288-471F-BD23-E5A9AB045851 elegans Koehler, 1912 , Odontaster Odontaster elegans Koehler, 1912: 156 ; 1912a: 72 , pl. 7, figs 5-11. Odontaster meridionalis ‒ Clark 1993: 196 . CURRENT STATUS. — Odontaster meridionalis (Smith, 1876) . TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 2 syntypes ; Pourquoi-Pas? expedition; 1908-1910; MNHN-IE-2014-55 • 4 syntypes ; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-93. REMARK According to Koehler (1912a) , eight syntypes were collected in five different localities: entrance of Marguerite Bay , 254 m (1); Marguerite Bay , 200 m (1); near Alexandre Ist Land, 297 m (2); Peterman Island (1); Roosen Channel, 70 m (3).