WoRMS taxon details
Pentaster Doderlein, 1935
AphiaID: 292768
AphiaID: 292768
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pentaceropsis Sladen, 1889 (Homonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Döderlein, L. (1935). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Oreasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 71-110, pls. 15-20. [details] from synonym: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pentaster hybridus Doderlein, 1936 Species Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. vincent, 1827) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292768 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pentaster Doderlein, 1935. 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=292768 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||
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