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Pentaceraster
Pentaceraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus are most often observed in warm coastal waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Panamic Cushion Star
speciesPentaceraster cumingi
Multicolored Knobbed Sea Star
speciesPentaceraster mammillatus
Pentaceraster chinensis
speciesPentaceraster chinensis
Honeycomb Cushion Star
speciesPentaceraster alveolatus
Pentaceraster regulus
speciesPentaceraster regulus
Pentaceraster sibogae
speciesPentaceraster sibogae
Pentaceraster gracilis
speciesPentaceraster gracilis
Pentaceraster horridus
speciesPentaceraster horridus
Pentaceraster magnificus
speciesPentaceraster magnificus
Pentaceraster tuberculatus
speciesPentaceraster tuberculatus
Pentaceraster decipiens
speciesPentaceraster decipiens
Pentaceraster multispinus
speciesPentaceraster multispinus
Neighbouring Five-horned Star
speciesPentaceraster affinis
Pentaceraster westermanni
speciesPentaceraster westermanni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50409.