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Oreaster reticulatus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157043

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Asterias gigas Linnaeus, 1753
  
    Asterias pentacyphus Retzius, 1805
  
    Asterias reticulata Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Asterias sebae de Blainville, 1830
  
    Oreaster aculeatus (Gray, 1840)
  
    Oreaster gigas Lütken, 1859
  
    Oreaster bermudensis H. L. Clark, 1942
  
    Oreaster tuberosus Behn in Möbius, 1859
  
    Oreaster lapidarius Grube, 1857
  
    Pentaceros aculeatus Gray, 1840
  
    Pentaceros reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Pentaceros gibbus Gray, 1840
  
    Pentaceros grandis Gray, 1840
  
  Common Name(s): cushioned star [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguičre, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyOreasteridae Fisher, 1911  
                            GenusOreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842  
                               SpeciesOreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – cushioned star  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah  
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Oreaster reticulatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Oreaster reticulatus   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Oreaster reticulatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Hubert Lyman  
  Publication Date: 1933   
  Article/Chapter Title: A handbook of the littoral echinoderms of Porto Rico and the other West Indian islands   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, vol. 16, pt. 1   
  Page(s): 1-147   
  Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Oreaster reticulatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178210  
 

 

    

 
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