African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Pentaceros Gray, 1840

AphiaID

205813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205813)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank

Genus

Parent

Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908

Direct children (8)

Ordering

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Species Pentaceros belli de Loriol, 1885 accepted as Pentaceraster horridus (Gray, 1840)
Species Pentaceros gracilis (Lutken, 1871) accepted as Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
Species Pentaceros grayi (Bell, 1884) accepted as Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Species Pentaceros hiulcus Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster hiulcus (Gray, 1840) accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Species Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Species Pentaceros nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pentaceros tuberculatus Sladen, 1889 † accepted as Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Pentaceros turritus Gray, 1840 accepted as Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 276 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205813 on 2024-04-23

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Pentaceros Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205813 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-04-09 12:02:30Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-06-25 23:41:57Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 276 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To ITIS