Asteroidea name details
Marginaster pentagonus Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882
124110 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124110)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne-Edwards, A. (1882). Rapport sur les Travaux de la Commission chargée par M. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique d'étudier la faune sous-marine dans les grandes profondeurs de la Méditerranée et de l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires.</em> 9(3): 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36108810
page(s): 47 [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Marginaster pentagonus Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124110 on 2025-04-08
original description
Milne-Edwards, A. (1882). Rapport sur les Travaux de la Commission chargée par M. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique d'étudier la faune sous-marine dans les grandes profondeurs de la Méditerranée et de l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires.</em> 9(3): 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36108810
page(s): 47 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly conspecific with Poraniomorpha (Culcitopsis) borealis (Sussbach & Breckner, 1911) which it antedates and threatens. As noted by A.M. Clark (1984) the name pentagonus needs to be formally suppressed by the ICZN. [details]
