Biology:Pentagonaster (starfish)

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Short description: Genus of starfishes

Pentagonaster
Biscuit star.jpg
Pentagonaster pulchellus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Subfamily: Pentagonasterinae
Genus: Pentagonaster
Gray, 1840[1]

Pentagonaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

Species list

Many species previously in the genus have been assigned to other genera in the subfamily, some also have been absorbed into the following species:

Image Scientific name Distribution
Pentagonaster dubeni P1212778.JPG Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847 Australia
Pentagonaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988
Pentagonaster gibbosus Perrier, 1875 Australia
Biscuit Starfish (4416635004).jpg Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840 New Zealand
Pentagonaster stibarus H.L. Clark, 1914 Australia

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3455589 entry