WoRMS taxon details

Pentaceraster decipiens (Bell, 1884)

370900  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370900)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Valvatida (Order)
  10. Oreasteridae (Family)
  11. Pentaceraster (Genus)
  12. Pentaceraster decipiens (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Oreaster decipiens Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Contributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea.-II. The Species of <i>Oreaster</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 52(1), 57-87., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826337#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 69 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceraster decipiens (Bell, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370900 on 2025-04-12
Date
action
by
2008-12-07 02:46:14Z
created
Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Oreaster decipiens Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Contributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea.-II. The Species of <i>Oreaster</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 52(1), 57-87., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826337#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 69 [details] 

original description (of Pentaceros decipiens Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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