WoRMS name details

Pentagonaster attenuatus (Gray, 1840)

377922  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377922)

 unaccepted (lapsus for Ophidiaster (=Hacelia) attenuatus )
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ophidiaster (Hacelia) attenuatus Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Pentagonaster attenuatus (Gray, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377922 on 2026-06-20
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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophidiaster (Hacelia) attenuatus Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details] 

new combination reference von Marenzeller, E. (1895). Das c. M. Herr Custos E. v. Marenzeller tiberreicht eine fiir die Berichte der Commission zur Erforschung des 6stlichen Mittelmeeres bestimmte Abhandlung mit dem Titel: Echinodermen, gesammelt 1893 und 1894. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 32: 189-191., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6336759
page(s): 190 [details]