WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 277 [details]
original description
(of Oreaster reinhartdi Lutken, 1864) Lütken, C. (1864). Kritiske Bemaerkniger om forsjellige Søstjerne (Asteriderne), med Beskrivelse af nogle nye Arter. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1864(8-12): 123-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35852125 page(s): 159 [details]
original description
(of Asterias lincki de Blainville, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 page(s): 219 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. In: R.W. Coppinger (ed): Report on the Zoological Collections made in the indo-pacific Ocean during the voyage of HMS Alert, 1881-2. <em>London.</em> [details]
additional source
Simpson J.J. & R.N.R. Brown (1910). Asteroidea of Portugese East Africa. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinburgh 18: 45-60. [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
From other sources
Description Colour in life: red on pink or grey background, furrow spines white with pink tube feet juveniles mottled blue-green or grey-green.
Commonly with commensal carapid fish and paleomonid shrimps (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); western and central Indian Ocean, including Ceylon, western Australia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indian Ocean, depth range 1-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Publication date Year of description 1834 in Clark & Rowe (1971).
Type locality: unknown. Holotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 5556 (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
P. linckii in Kalk (1958). [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Oreaster lincki (de Blainville, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pentaceros lincki (de Blainville, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Asterias lincki de Blainville, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protoreaster lincki)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Oreaster lincki (de Blainville, 1830))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Oreaster reinhartdi Lutken, 1864)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Oreaster muricatus (Gray, 1840))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pentaceros lincki (de Blainville, 1830))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pentaceros reinhartdi (Lutken, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (17 records)
From editor or global species database
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