WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
AphiaID: 213128

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Pentaceraster (Genus)

Status

accepted

Record
status

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Rank

Species

Parent

Pentaceraster Doderlein, 1916

Synonymised
taxa

Oreaster tuberculatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Pentaceros tuberculatus Sladen, 1889 †

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]

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., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Distribution

Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]

Note

Description: Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]

Edit
history

Date	action	by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z	created	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z	changed	Maria
2008-12-07 02:46:14Z	changed	Mah, Christopher

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Citation: Mah, C. (2009). Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842). In: Mah, C.L. (2009). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213128 on 2010-09-02

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