Marine Species Traits - Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820

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Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820

AphiaID

123488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123488)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Actinia doliolum Pallas, 1766 accepted as Pentacta doliolum (Pallas, 1766) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cucumariidae Ludwig, 1894

Synonymised names

Actinia Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1295...)

suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1295 in favor of Actinia Linnaeus, 1767

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Species Pentacta doliolum (Pallas, 1766)
Species Pentacta guinensis (Heding, 1943)
Species Pentacta hedingi Panning, 1940
Species Pentacta nipponensis Clark, 1938
Species Pentacta panamensis Verrill, 1867
Species Pentacta peterseni Ancona Lopez, 1965
Species Pentacta verrucula Cherbonnier, 1988

Environment

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

Original description

Goldfuss, G.A. (1820). Handbuch der Zoologie. In: Schubert, G.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Erste Abteilung 1-696, pls. 1-2; Zweite Abteilung: i-xxiv, 1-510, pls. 3-4., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=x8ATAAAAYAAJ [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123488 on 2026-10-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123488 on 2026-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2012-11-15 00:36:24Z

checked

Paulay, Gustav

2013-06-10 08:43:23Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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original description Goldfuss, G.A. (1820). Handbuch der Zoologie. In: Schubert, G.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Erste Abteilung 1-696, pls. 1-2; Zweite Abteilung: i-xxiv, 1-510, pls. 3-4., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=x8ATAAAAYAAJ [details]

original description (of Actinia Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. [Peter Simon]. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. [Book] Hagí Comitum., xii. 224: 14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321032, https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Actinia) (from synonym Actinia Pallas, 1766)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentacta)
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