RAS taxon details
Chitonaster felli (H.E.S. Clark, 1971)
559187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559187)
accepted
Species
Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971 · unaccepted (synonymy according to Mah, 2011)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971) Clark,H.E.S. 1971. Pentopliidae, a new family of Asteroidea from the South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science 21: 545-551., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1971/00000021/00000002/art00009?crawler=true [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Chitonaster felli (H.E.S. Clark, 1971). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559187 on 2026-09-02
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Chitonaster felli (H.E.S. Clark, 1971). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559187 on 2026-09-02
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original description
(of Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971) Clark,H.E.S. 1971. Pentopliidae, a new family of Asteroidea from the South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science 21: 545-551., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1971/00000021/00000002/art00009?crawler=true [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentoplia felli (1) 1018860) (from synonym Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentoplia felli 1018860) (from synonym Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentoplia felli 1018860) (from synonym Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pentoplia felli H.E.S. Clark, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
