Genus Pentaceraster Döderlein, 1916

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pentaceraster Döderlein, L. 1916. Über die Gattung Oreaster und Verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 40(5): 409-440 figs A-S [424].

  Type species:

   Asterias mamillatus Audouin, 1827 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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. [54-56 (notes 34-44)] (validity of several species doubtful; distinguishing features of many groups require further clarification)

History of changes