WoRMS taxon details
Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
AphiaID: 213124
AphiaID: 213124
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Pentaceraster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pentaceraster Doderlein, 1916 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Oreaster gracilis Lutken, 1871 Oreaster rouxi (Koehler, 1910) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936)) Pentaceros callimorphus Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936)) Pentaceros gracilis Sladen, 1889 Pentaceros mertoni Koehler, 1910 Pentaceros rouxi Koehler, 1910 (synonym according to Doderlein (1916)) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] from synonym: Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum Part 6: 1-192. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Doderlein, L. (1916). Uber die Gattung Oreaster und Verwandte.Zoologischen Jahrbuchern 40: 409-440 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] West Indian Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Also distributed in bay of Bengal, East Indies and north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west pacific ocean, depth range ?15-146 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type data: sttus undetermined in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany). Type locality: 'Bowen Port', Queensland, Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213124 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871). In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213124 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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