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Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840) 
AphiaID: 370899

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 hawaiiensis (Fisher, 1906) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1870 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros cumingi Gray, 1840
Pentaceros hawaiiensis Fisher, 1906 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870)
Sources  original description: Gray J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290. [details]

from synonym: Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370899
Taxonomic
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2008-12-07 02:46:14Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840). 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=370899 on 2013-05-24
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