The World Asteroidea Database - Pentaceros margaritifer Döderlein, 1926

Asteroidea name details

Pentaceros margaritifer Döderlein, 1926

AphiaID

378526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378526)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros margaritifer Döderlein, 1926. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378526 on 2023-02-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

source of synonymy Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy conspecific with Pentaceraster australis according to Doderlein (1936), presumably also Oreaster australis Lutken, 1871 so a synonym of P. regulus (Muller & Troschel, 1842). But omitted from synonymy of P. regulus and bracketted in index, as if a lapsus, by Doderlein (1936) [details]