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Pentaceros Gray, 1840 
AphiaID: 205813

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
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Accepted name  Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842
Rank Genus
Parent Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911
Synonymised
taxa
  Undecimus
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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Species Pentaceros forcipulosus Lutken, 1865 (nomen dubium, doubtful species according to Doderlein (1936))
Species Pentaceros rugosus Hutton, 1872 (nomen dubium, Validity doubtful according to A.M. Clark (1993))

Species Pentaceros caledonicus Perrier, 1878 (nomen nudum)

Species Pentaceros aculeatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros affinis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster affinis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros alveolatus Perrier, 1875 accepted as Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pentaceros armatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Nidorellia armata (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros australis (Lutken, 1871) accepted as Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros bedoti Koehler, 1911 accepted as Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pentaceros belli de Loriol, 1885 accepted as Pentaceraster horridus (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros callimorphus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
Species Pentaceros carinatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Oreaster clavatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Pentaceros chinensis Gray, 1840 accepted as Pentaceraster chinensis (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros clouei (Perrier, 1869) accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros cumingi Gray, 1840 accepted as Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros decipiens Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster decipiens (Bell, 1884)
Species Pentaceros dorsata Perrier, 1875 accepted as Oreaster clavatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Pentaceros franklini Gray, 1840 accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros gibbus Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros gracilis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
Species Pentaceros grandis Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros granulosus Gray, 1847 accepted as Goniodiscaster seriatus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
Species Pentaceros grayi (Bell, 1884) accepted as Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866)
Species Pentaceros grayi deLoriol, 1885 accepted as Pentaceraster horridus (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros hawaiiensis Fisher, 1906 accepted as Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros hedemanni (Lutken, 1871) accepted as Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866)
Species Pentaceros hiulcus Gray, 1840 accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros hiulcus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros hiulcus Perrier, 1875 accepted as Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
Species Pentaceros horridus Gray, 1840 accepted as Pentaceraster horridus (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros indicus Koehler, 1910 accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)
Species Pentaceros lincki Brown, 1910 accepted as Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Species Pentaceros luetkeni (Bell, 1884) accepted as Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros mammillatus Perrier, 1875 accepted as Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
Species Pentaceros margaritifer Doderlein, 1926 accepted as Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros mertoni Koehler, 1910 accepted as Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
Species Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866 accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros muelleri (Bell, 1884) accepted as Pentaceraster affinis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Species Pentaceros muricatus Studer, 1884 accepted as Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pentaceros nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros nodosus Gray, 1840 accepted as Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866)
Species Pentaceros nodulosus Perrier, 1875 accepted as Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pentaceros obtusatus Perrier, 1875 accepted as Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. vincent, 1827)
Species Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870) accepted as Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros orientalis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster orientalis (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Pentaceraster chinensis (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros productus (Bell, 1884) accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)
Species Pentaceros regulus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros reinhartdi (Lutken, 1864) accepted as Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Species Pentaceros reticulatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros rouxi Koehler, 1910 accepted as Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
Species Pentaceros sladeni deLoriol, 1885 accepted as Pentaceraster horridus (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros superbus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)
Species Pentaceros troscheli (Bell, 1884) accepted as Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pentaceros tuberata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)
Species Pentaceros tuberculatus Sladen, 1889 † accepted as Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros turritus Gray, 1840 accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros valvulatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Anthaster valvulatus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
Species Pentaceros verrucosus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Oreaster verrucosus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
Species Pentaceros westermanni Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaceraster westermanni (Lutken, 1871)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Notes  Synonymy: A junior homonym of Pentaceros Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Pisces). [details]

Taxonomic Remark: Originally described by Linck in 1733 (=pre-Linnean). Pentaceros Schultze, 1760 invalid, a non-binominal work rejected by the ICZN. In family Pentagonasteridae in Ludwig (1899). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205813
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1998-04-09 12:02:30Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-06-25 23:41:57Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-12-23 04:29:04Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pentaceros Gray, 1840. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205813 on 2013-05-24
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