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 stellatus Perrier, 1891 , Mediaster Mediaster stellatus Perrier, 1891: 268 ; 1896: 46 , pl. 4, fig. 1a-d. Mediaster bairdi bairdi Clark & Downey 1992: 251 . CURRENT STATUS. — Mediaster bairdi bairdi (Verrill, 1882) . TYPE MATERIAL. — Newfoundland2 syntypes ; station 161; L’Hirondelle campaign; 46°04’N , 49°03’W ; depth 1267 m ; Prince Albert of Monaco leg.; MNHN-IE-2014-400 . REMARK Three syntypes are deposited in the MONA ( Belloc 1950 ).