WoRMS taxon details
Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840
254778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254778)
accepted
Species
Astrogonium abnormale (Gray, 1866) · unaccepted (Synonym accoridng to Mortensen (1925))
Astrogonium pulchellum (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Subsequent combination)
Pentagonaster abnormalis Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym according to Mortensen (1925))
Stephanaster elegans Ayres, 1851 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Dujardin &...)
Synonym according to Dujardin & Hupe (1862)
Stephanaster pulchellus (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 280 [details]
page(s): 280 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254778 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster abnormalis Gray, 1866) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Stephanaster elegans Ayres, 1851) Ayres, W.O. (1851). <i>Stephanaster</i> Ayres. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 4: 118-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870828
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium abnormale (Gray, 1866)) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster abnormalis Gray, 1866) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Stephanaster elegans Ayres, 1851) Ayres, W.O. (1851). <i>Stephanaster</i> Ayres. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 4: 118-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870828
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium abnormale (Gray, 1866)) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 11 [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, H.E.S. and McKnight, D.G. (2001). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) Order Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 117: 1-270. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Astrogonium abnormale (Gray, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Astrogonium pulchellum (Gray, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster abnormalis Gray, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentagonaster pulchellus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentagonaster pulchellus (4) E13482)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Astrogonium abnormale (Gray, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Astrogonium pulchellum (Gray, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster abnormalis Gray, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentagonaster pulchellus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentagonaster pulchellus (4) E13482)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
