The World Asteroidea Database - Pentagonaster acutus (Heller, 1863)

Asteroidea name details

Pentagonaster acutus (Heller, 1863)

AphiaID

377917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377917)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))

Accepted Name

Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pentagonaster Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863) Heller, C. (1862). Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 46: 415-448, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/sitzungsberichte46kais#page/485/mode/1up
page(s): 420 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentagonaster acutus (Heller, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377917 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-14 18:37:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description (of Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863) Heller, C. (1862). Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 46: 415-448, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/sitzungsberichte46kais#page/485/mode/1up
page(s): 420 [details]