The World Asteroidea Database - Pentaceros caledonicus Perrier, 1878

WoRMS name details

Pentaceros caledonicus Perrier, 1878

AphiaID

378502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378502)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum

Rank

Species

Parent

Pentaceros Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Perrier, E. (1878). Etude sur la repartition geographique des Asterides. <em>Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 2(1): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36857815
page(s): 83 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros caledonicus Perrier, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378502 on 2025-06-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

Nomenclature

original description Perrier, E. (1878). Etude sur la repartition geographique des Asterides. <em>Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 2(1): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36857815
page(s): 83 [details]