WoRMS taxon details

Pentaceraster magnificus (Goto, 1914)

378480  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378480)

  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 magnificus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Oreaster magnificus Goto, 1914) Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 457 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceraster magnificus (Goto, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378480 on 2025-04-16
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2008-12-21 23:20:25Z
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Mah, Christopher
2020-01-10 06:35:43Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Oreaster magnificus Goto, 1914) Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 457 [details] 

basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Wai, T. C., Ng, W. C., Leung, K. M. Y. & Williams, G. A. (2011). Stock and ecological status of echinoderms in Hong Kong: evaluation of effectiveness of marine protected areas using sea urchins as model organism. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details] 

From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Pentaceraster regulus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) according to Hayashi (1938) but treated as valid by A.M. Clark (1982).  [details]
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