WoRMS taxon details
Pentagonaster semilunatus (von Martens, 1866)
AphiaID: 213274
AphiaID: 213274
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Pentagonasterinae (Subfamily) > Pentagonaster (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970)) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Phaneraster Perrier, 1894 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pentagonaster Gray, 1840 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
source of synonymy: 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] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Tanzania (probably not valid) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Ludwig (1899) cites Linck as authority; pre-linnean; and places genus in separate family Pentagonasteridae. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213274 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pentagonaster semilunatus (von Martens, 1866). 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=213274 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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