Species Cryptasterina pentagona (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asteriscus pentagonus Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls.
• Patiriella pseudoexigua Dartnall, A.J. 1971. Australian sea stars of the genus Patiriella (Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(1): 39-49 fig. 1 pls 3-4 [43, pl. 3(a)].

  Type data:

   Holotype TM H499, Airlie Beach, Proserpine, QLD.
  Paratype(s) TM H500 6 specimens; AM J7761 2 specimens, Airlie Beach, QLD.
• Patiriella obscura Dartnall, A.J. 1971. Australian sea stars of the genus Patiriella (Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(1): 39-49 fig. 1 pls 3-4 [45, pl. 4(b)].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH 504, Rose Bay, Bowen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) TM H505 6 specimens; AM J7791 6 specimens, Rose Bay, Bowen, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (based on re-examination of type material)
• Dartnall, A.J., Byrne, M., Collins, J. & Hart, M.W. 2003. A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pan-tropical exiguoid sea stars. Zootaxa 359: 1-14

 

Generic Combinations

• Cryptasterina pentagona (Müller & Troschel, 1842).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Darnley Is., Torres Strait to Southport, Qld and Lord Howe Is. (record rests on a single old specimen in the Australian Museum AM J792, its provenance may be doubtful); Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Littoral waters

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. (as Patiriella exigua Lamark, 1816)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Patiriella exigua Lamark, 1816, tropical records for the species)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2012		12-Feb-2012	MOVED
15-Sep-2023		12-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)