''Pentaceraster'' is a genus of
sea star
Starfish or sea stars are Star polygon, star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class (biology), class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to brittle star, ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to ...
s in the family
Oreasteridae
The Oreasteridae are a family of sea stars in the class Starfish, Asteroidea.
Description and characteristics
This family contains many species of regular starfishes with usually 5 arms around a stiff, convex and often brightly colored body. W ...
. Members of this genus are most often observed in warm coastal waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Selected species
List of species according to the World Register of Marine Species:
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* '' Pentaceraster affinis'' (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
* '' Pentaceraster alveolatus'' (Perrier, 1875)
* '' Pentaceraster chinensis'' (J.E.Gray, 1840)
* '' Pentaceraster cumingi'' (J.E.Gray, 1840)
* '' Pentaceraster decipiens'' (Bell, 1884)
* '' Pentaceraster gracilis'' (Lütken, 1871)
* '' Pentaceraster horridus'' (J.E.Gray, 1840)
* '' Pentaceraster magnificus'' ( Goto, 1914)
* '' Pentaceraster mammillatus'' (Audouin, 1826)
* '' Pentaceraster multispinus'' (von Martens, 1866)
* '' Pentaceraster regulus'' (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
* '' Pentaceraster sibogae'' Döderlein, 1916
* '' Pentaceraster tuberculatus'' (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
* '' Pentaceraster westermanni'' (Lütken, 1871)
Image:Starfish - Pacific coast of Panama.jpg, '' Pentaceraster cumingi''
Image:Pentaceraster horridus.jpg, '' Pentaceraster horridus''
Image:Pentaceraster sea star (Pentaceraster mammillatus) 2.jpg, '' Pentaceraster mammillatus''
Image:Starfish 01 (paulshaffner).jpg, ''Pentaceraster sp.''
Image:Starfish 02 (paulshaffner).jpg, ''Pentaceraster sp.''
Image:Starfish for sale.jpg, Dried ''Pentaceraster'' for sale in ]Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
.
References
Oreasteridae
Taxa named by Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein
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