Pentaceraster cumingi
| Pentaceraster cumingi | |
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| Pentaceraster cumingi in Coiba National Park, Panama | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Oreasteridae |
| Genus: | Pentaceraster |
| Species: | P. cumingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840) | |
Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star (a name also used for other species), is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in warmer parts of the East Pacific (Gulf of California to northwest Peru, including offshore islands like the Galápagos) and in Hawaii.[1] In Panama this species has been collected from the Pearl Islands Archipelago (depth 8 m), Gulf of Panama and off Coiba Island, Gulf of Chiriqui.[2] It reaches a diameter of about 30 cm (12 in).[3]
References
- ↑ James, M.J., eds. (1991). Galápagos Marine Invertebrates: Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. pp. 349. Topics in Geobiology. ISBN 978-1-4899-0646-5
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Pentaceraster cumingi" (HTML). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ MexFish: Panamic Cushion Star, Cortez Sea Starfish, Gulf Sea Star, Estrella de Mar, Estrella Roja (Pentaceraster cumingi). Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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