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 brucei Koehler, 1908 , Stolasterias Stolasterias brucei Koehler, 1908a: 569 , pl. 5, figs 46, 47. Diplasterias brucei ‒ Clark in Clark & Mah 2001: 274 . CURRENT STATUS. — Diplasterias brucei ( Koehler, 1908 ) . TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 5 syntypes ; Scotia Bay ( South Orkney Islands ); Scottish Antarctic expedition; 1902-1904; MNHN- IE-2014-378 . REMARKS Koehler’s original description mentions three specimens (Scotia Bay , South Orcads, 18 m ). Yet five specimens occur in the MNHN with a single label indicating they are from the type locality. Various syntypes (15) are housed in the RSM (Ref. 1921. 143.1232) (Smalon et al. 1976).