Biology:Pentaceraster

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Short description: Genus of starfishes

Pentaceraster
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Pentaceraster cumingi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Pentaceraster
Döderlein, 1916 [1]
Species

See text.

Pentaceraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus are most often observed in warm coastal waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Selected species

List of species according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • Pentaceraster affinis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
  • Pentaceraster chinensis (J.E.Gray, 1840)
  • Pentaceraster cumingi (J.E.Gray, 1840)
  • Pentaceraster decipiens (Bell, 1884)
  • Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
  • Pentaceraster horridus (J.E.Gray, 1840)
  • Pentaceraster magnificus (Goto, 1914)
  • Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
  • Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866)
  • Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Pentaceraster sibogae Döderlein, 1916
  • Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Pentaceraster westermanni (Lütken, 1871)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q309777 entry