WoRMS taxon details
Pentaceropsis Sladen, 1889
AphiaID: 378484
AphiaID: 378484
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Homonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Pentaster Doderlein, 1935 | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: 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] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pentaceropsis euphues Sluiter, 1895 (nomen dubium, Doubtful validity according to Fisher (1919), holotype immature) Species Pentaceropsis mindorensis Domantay & Roxas, 1937 accepted as Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. vincent, 1827) Species Pentaceropsis obtusata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. vincent, 1827) Species Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher, 1913 accepted as Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. vincent, 1827) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Homonymy: Pentaceropsis Sladen, 1889 is a junior homonym of Pentaceropsis Steindachner & Doderlein, 1884 (Pisces) and replaced by Pentaster<.i> Doderlein (1935) nom. nov. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378484 | |||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pentaceropsis Sladen, 1889. 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=378484 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||
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