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 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11 83dc5b45-5596-4a84-ab44-8b2f4d777110 1638-9387 6616817 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CB240BD2-A288-471F-BD23-E5A9AB045851 muelleri nomen dubium, Scytaster TYPE MATERIAL. — West Indies 3 syntypes ; Virgin Islands , Saint Thomas; Michelin leg.; MNHN-IE-2014-469 . REMARKS The three specimens from St Thomas ( Virgin Islands ) of the MNHN collection are considered type specimens of Scytaster muelleri , a species presumably described by Duchassaing (1850) . Yet neither this publication nor any other Duchassaing’s publications include the description of a S. muelleri species which, consequently, should be considered a long-lasting nomen dubium . The MNHN syntypes of Scytaster muelleri belong to the species Ophidiaster guildingi .