WoRMS taxon details
Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)
292770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292770)
accepted
Species
Asterias obtusata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827 · unaccepted
Oreaster obtusatus (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) · unaccepted
Pentaceropsis mindorensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938 · unaccepted
Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) · unaccepted
Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher, 1913 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Pentaceros obtusatus (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) · unaccepted
Pentaster obtusatus f. spinosa Doderlein, 1936 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamouroux [J.V.F.], Bory de St-Vincent [J.-B.G.M.] & Eudes-Deslongchamps [J.A.]. (1824-1827). <i>Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux rayonnés, faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle des vers de Bruguière</i>. Paris: Vve. Agasse, pp. i-viii, 1-1-376 [Livraison 95, 17 July 1824]; pp. 377-818 [Livraison 98, 26 September 1827] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41674536
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
(of Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
(of Asterias obtusata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) Lamouroux [J.V.F.], Bory de St-Vincent [J.-B.G.M.] & Eudes-Deslongchamps [J.A.]. (1824-1827). <i>Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux rayonnés, faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle des vers de Bruguière</i>. Paris: Vve. Agasse, pp. i-viii, 1-1-376 [Livraison 95, 17 July 1824]; pp. 377-818 [Livraison 98, 26 September 1827] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41674536
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
(of Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
(of Asterias obtusata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) Lamouroux [J.V.F.], Bory de St-Vincent [J.-B.G.M.] & Eudes-Deslongchamps [J.A.]. (1824-1827). <i>Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux rayonnés, faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle des vers de Bruguière</i>. Paris: Vve. Agasse, pp. i-viii, 1-1-376 [Livraison 95, 17 July 1824]; pp. 377-818 [Livraison 98, 26 September 1827] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41674536
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292770 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamouroux [J.V.F.], Bory de St-Vincent [J.-B.G.M.] & Eudes-Deslongchamps [J.A.]. (1824-1827). <i>Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux rayonnés, faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle des vers de Bruguière</i>. Paris: Vve. Agasse, pp. i-viii, 1-1-376 [Livraison 95, 17 July 1824]; pp. 377-818 [Livraison 98, 26 September 1827] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41674536
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis mindorensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 213 [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 209 [details]
original description (of Asterias obtusata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) Lamouroux [J.V.F.], Bory de St-Vincent [J.-B.G.M.] & Eudes-Deslongchamps [J.A.]. (1824-1827). <i>Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux rayonnés, faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle des vers de Bruguière</i>. Paris: Vve. Agasse, pp. i-viii, 1-1-376 [Livraison 95, 17 July 1824]; pp. 377-818 [Livraison 98, 26 September 1827] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41674536
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
original description (of Pentaster obtusatus f. spinosa Doderlein, 1936) Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up
page(s): 363 [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis tyloderma f. mindorensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis mindorensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 213 [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 209 [details]
original description (of Asterias obtusata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) Lamouroux [J.V.F.], Bory de St-Vincent [J.-B.G.M.] & Eudes-Deslongchamps [J.A.]. (1824-1827). <i>Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux rayonnés, faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle des vers de Bruguière</i>. Paris: Vve. Agasse, pp. i-viii, 1-1-376 [Livraison 95, 17 July 1824]; pp. 377-818 [Livraison 98, 26 September 1827] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41674536
page(s): 123, one plate [details]
original description (of Pentaster obtusatus f. spinosa Doderlein, 1936) Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up
page(s): 363 [details]
original description (of Pentaceropsis tyloderma f. mindorensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 213 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 32632) (from synonym Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pentaceropsis obtusata (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 32632) (from synonym Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher, 1913)
