Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Gray, J. E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History, 6: 275–290. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=259561

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Echinodermata

class

Asteroidea

order

Valvatida

family

Goniasteridae

genus

Pentagonaster

species

Pentagonaster pulchellus

Name

Synonyms

Astrogonium abnormale (Gray, 1866)

Astrogonium huttoni Farquhar, 1897

Astrogonium pulchellum (Gray, 1840)

Pentagonaster abnormalis Gray, 1866

Stephanaster elegans Ayres, 1851

Stephanaster pulchellus (Gray, 1840)

Homonyms

Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840

Bibliographic References

1. Clark, H.E.S. and McKnight, D.G. (2001). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) Order Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 117: 1-270.
2. Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290.
3. Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400.