WoRMS taxon details
Pentaceraster chinensis (Gray, 1840)
378479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378479)
accepted
Species
Oreaster orientalis Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (probably synonym according to...)
probably synonym according to A.M. Clark (1993)
Pentaceraster orientalis (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted
Pentaceros chinensis Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Pentaceros orientalis Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pentaceros chinensis Gray, 1840) 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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceraster chinensis (Gray, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378479 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pentaceros chinensis Gray, 1840) 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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Pentaceros orientalis 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]
original description (of Oreaster orientalis Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Pentaceros orientalis 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]
original description (of Oreaster orientalis Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 128 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up [details]
Other
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Inadmissably treated as a junior synonym of Oreaster orientalis Muller & Troschel 1842 by Doderlein, 1936: 339. [details]
