World Register of Deep-Sea species - Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884

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Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884

AphiaID

196205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196205)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

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Genus Eknomiaster H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2001
Genus Pawsonaster Mah, 2007
Genus Pentagonaster Gray, 1840
Genus Toraster A.M. Clark, 1952
Genus Tosia Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Perrier, E. (1884). Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueilliés dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique : durant les expéditions de dragace faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. Archives (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)). 2. sér., t. 6.:127-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44579946
page(s): 231 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196205 on 2026-09-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196205 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-30 14:07:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2014-06-11 21:15:11Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Perrier, E. (1884). Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueilliés dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique : durant les expéditions de dragace faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. Archives (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)). 2. sér., t. 6.:127-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44579946
page(s): 231 [details]

basis of record Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. Invertebrate Systematics. 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]

identification resource Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. Invertebrate Systematics. 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]

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