WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Oreaster gracilis Lutken, 1871) Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627 page(s): 260 [details]
original description
(of Pentaceros callimorphus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm page(s): 347 [details]
original description
(of Pentaceros mertoni Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290 [details]
original description
(of Pentaceros rouxi Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). Astéries et Ophiures des iles Aru et Kei. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 33: 265-295., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37103253#page/297/mode/1up page(s): 272 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
From other sources
Distribution Also distributed in bay of Bengal, East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west pacific ocean, depth range ?15-146 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type data: sttus undetermined in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany). Type locality: 'Bowen Port', Queensland, Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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