Pentaceraster

Pentaceraster

A species of Pentaceraster (Lazy Lagoon, Bagamoyo, Tanzania)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Oreasteridae
Genus:	Pentaceraster Döderlein, 1916 ^[1]
Species
See text.

Pentaceraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

Selected species

Pentaceraster affinis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
Pentaceraster chinensis (J.E.Gray, 1840)
Pentaceraster cumingi (J.E.Gray, 1840)
Pentaceraster decipiens (Bell, 1884)
Pentaceraster gracilis (Lütken, 1871)
Pentaceraster horridus (J.E.Gray, 1840)
Pentaceraster magnificus (Goto, 1914)
Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
Pentaceraster multispinus (von Martens, 1866)
Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Pentaceraster sibogae Döderlein, 1916
Pentaceraster tuberculatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Pentaceraster westermanni (Lütken, 1871)

List source :^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b C.L. Mah (2010). "Asteroidea taxon details for Pentaceraster Döderlein, 1916". World Asteroidea Database. http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204070. Retrieved June 29, 2011.