The World Asteroidea Database - Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847

WoRMS name details

Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847

AphiaID

212296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212296)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym of C. novaeguineae Mueller & Troschel, 1842 according to Sladen (1889))

Accepted name

Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank

Species

Parent

Culcita Agassiz, 1836

Original name

Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 74 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212296 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-04 14:17:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-20 06:55:28Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2009-01-31 14:17:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2014-09-23 19:54:27Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 74 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)