asterias, Raja Delaroche [F. E.] 1809:322 [37], Pl. 20 (fig. 1) [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13; ref. 17380] Barcelona, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1610. Type catalog: Bertin 1939:83 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:13 [ref. 9312]. On p. 37 and Pl. 1 of separate. •Valid as Raja asterias Delaroche 1809 -- (Stehmann 1973:58 [ref. 7168], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:184 [ref. 13675], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Stehmann 1990:37 [ref. 19316], Stehmann 1995:113 [ref. 22055], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:22 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:13 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:18 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:13 [ref. 36649], Weigmann 2016:117 [ref. 34211], Last & Séret 2016:477 [ref. 34640], Last et al. 2016:22 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:318 [ref. 35000], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:149 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:45 [ref. 37250], Kovačić et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Arroyo Martínez 2021:74 [ref. 38962], Giovos et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:11 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39014], Bañón & Mano 2022:15 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:50 [ref. 39527], Balàka et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:464 [ref. 40810], Artüz & Fricke 2024:537 [ref. 41509]). Current status: Valid as Raja asterias Delaroche 1809. Rajidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal south to northern Morocco. Habitat: marine.