Pentagonaster (starfish)

Pentagonaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

Pentagonaster
Pentagonaster pulchellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Subfamily: Pentagonasterinae
Genus: Pentagonaster
Gray, 1840[1]

Species list

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Many species previously in the genus have been assigned to other genera in the subfamily, some also have been absorbed into the following species:

Image Scientific name Distribution
  Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847 Australia
Pentagonaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988
Pentagonaster gibbosus Perrier, 1875 Australia
  Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840 New Zealand
Pentagonaster stibarus H.L. Clark, 1914 Australia

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pentagonaster Gray, 1840".