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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826) 
AphiaID: 213126

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsteroidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorValvatacea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorValvatida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOreasteridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceraster (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceraster mammillatus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceraster Döderlein, 1916
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterias mammillata Audouin, 1826
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOreaster hiulcus Perrier, 1875
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOreaster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOreaster verrucosus Müller & Troschel, 1842
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceros hiulcus Perrier, 1875
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceros mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceros verrucosus Sladen, 1889
Sources  basis of record Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpelling P. mamillatus Doderlein, 1916 is lapsus for P. mammillatus (Audouin, 1826) [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Colour in life: interadial spines green with orange tubercles (Humphreys, 1981)
Also recorded in Persian Gulf and Arabia (Tortonese (1949) and Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType locality Egypt [details]
ImageChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Pentaceraster mammillatus
Pentaceraster mammillatus

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show all]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213126
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-12-07 02:46:14Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2014). Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826). In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213126 on 2015-01-26
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