Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- World Asteroidea Database. Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178210 on 2020-02-17
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Valvatida
- family
- Oreasteridae
- genus
- Oreaster
- species
- Oreaster reticulatus
Name
- Synonyms
- Asterias gigas Linnaeus, 1753
- Asterias pentacyphus Bruzelius, 1805
- Asterias pentacyphus Retzius, 1805
- Asterias reticulata Linnaeus, 1758
- Asterias sebae de Blainville, 1830
- Oreaster aculeatus (Gray, 1840)
- Oreaster bermudensis H.L.Clark, 1942
- Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859
- Oreaster lapidarius Grube, 1857
- Oreaster reticulatus var. bermudensis, 1942
- Oreaster tuberosus Behn, 1859
- Pentaceros aculeatus Gray, 1840
- Pentaceros gibbus Gray, 1840
- Pentaceros grandis Gray, 1840
- Pentaceros reticulatus Gray, 1840
- Homonyms
- Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- cushioned star in English
- estrella de mar in language.
- Cushion Sea Star in English
- Cushion Star in English
Bibliographic References
- Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
- Clark, Hubert Lyman, 1933: A handbook of the littoral echinoderms of Porto Rico and the other West Indian islands. Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, vol. 16, pt. 1. 1-147.
- Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.