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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
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterias mammillata Audouin, 1826
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterias mammillata Audouin, 1826
 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 mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPentaceros verrucosus (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Sources  original description Audouin, J.V. (1826 (1809)). Explication sommaire des planches d'Echinodermes de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiees par J.C. Savigny. Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. 1: 203-212., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128879#page/753/mode/1up
page(s): 209 [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 contained in 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]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStellicola oreastriphilus Kossmann, 1877 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStellicomes tumidulus Humes & Cressey, 1958 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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. (2008). Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826). In: Mah, C.L. (2017). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213126 on 2017-09-20
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