WoRMS name details
Oreaster modestus (Gray, 1866)
378466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378466)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Oreaster modestus (Gray, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378466 on 2024-04-16
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original description
(of Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 6 [details]
new combination reference Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 445 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
new combination reference Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 445 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy non Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866,= Protoreaster gotoi Doderlein, 1936 (nom. nov.), though probably only a forma of Protoreaster lincki de Blainville according to Doderlein but a synonym of P.nodosus (Linnaeus 1758) according to Hayashi (1938). [details]
