Pentaceraster cumingi
Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
- phylum Echinodermata
- class Asteroidea
- order Valvatida
- family Oreasteridae
- genus Pentaceraster
Languages: English
Overview
Synonymised taxa
Oreaster hawaiiensis (Fisher, 1906) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1870 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros cumingi Gray, 1840
Pentaceros hawaiiensis Fisher, 1906 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870)
References and links
Gray, J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290.
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370899 |
Ecology and Distribution
Distribution
In Panama this species has been collected from the Pearl Islands Archipelago (depth 8 m), Gulf of Panama and off Coiba Island (USNM E 7598, USNM E 7599, USNM E 7600), Gulf of Chiriqui, eastern Pacific, North Pacific Ocean.


