The World Asteroidea Database - Pentaceros luetkeni (Bell, 1884)

Asteroidea name details

Pentaceros luetkeni (Bell, 1884)

AphiaID

378524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378524)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark in Clark & Rowe (1971))

Accepted name

Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Original name

Oreaster luetkeni Bell, 1884

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Oreaster luetkeni Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Contributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea.-II. The Species of Oreaster. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 52(1), 57-87., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826337#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 75 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros luetkeni (Bell, 1884). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378524 on 2026-03-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

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Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description (of Oreaster luetkeni Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Contributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea.-II. The Species of Oreaster. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 52(1), 57-87., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826337#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 75 [details]