Pentaster

Pentaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

Pentaster
Pentaster obtusatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Pentaster
Döderlein, 1935 [1]
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

List of species according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • Pentaster hybridus Döderlein, 1936
  • Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)

References

  1. C.L. Mah (2010). "Asteroidea taxon details for Pentaster Döderlein, 1935". World Asteroidea Database. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
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