The World Asteroidea Database - Pentaceros rugosus Hutton, 1872

Asteroidea name details

Pentaceros rugosus Hutton, 1872

AphiaID

378540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378540)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Validity doubtful according to A.M. Clark (1993))

Accepted Name

Astrogonium rugosum Hutton, 1872 accepted as Diplodontias miliaris (Gray, 1847)

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Orig. name

Pentaceros rugosus Hutton, 1872

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hutton, F.W. (1872). Descriptions of some new starfishes from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 810-812., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612288
page(s): 812 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros rugosus Hutton, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378540 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2013-09-10 12:52:36Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-04-21 18:45:38Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Hutton, F.W. (1872). Descriptions of some new starfishes from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 810-812., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612288
page(s): 812 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Given that Hutton placed Astrogonium rugosum in the Pentacerotidae and used Pentaceros rugosa in his earlier 1872 publication, these are likely the same species. [details]