The World Asteroidea Database - Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870)

Asteroidea name details

Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870)

AphiaID

378534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378534)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pentaceros Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Orig. name

Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1867

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1867) Verrill, A. E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the west coast of America, with descriptions of a new genus. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 251-322., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378534 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1867) Verrill, A. E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the west coast of America, with descriptions of a new genus. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 251-322., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]

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