Pentaceraster cumingi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Genus
- Pentaceraster
- Species
- Pentaceraster cumingi
- Scientific Name
- Pentaceraster cumingi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pentaceraster cumingi
Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star (a name also used for other species), is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in warmer parts of the East Pacific (Gulf of California to northwest Peru, including offshore islands like the Galápagos) and in Hawaii. In Panama this species has been collected from the Pearl Islands (depth 8 m), Gulf of Panama, and off Coiba Island, Gulf of Chiriqui. It reaches a diameter of about 30 cm (12 in).
...Pentaceraster cumingi in languages:
- Chinese
- 紅海星
- English
- Panamic Cushion Star
- German
- Panamaischer Noppenseestern
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pentaceraster affinis
- Pentaceraster alveolatus
- Pentaceraster chinensis
- Pentaceraster cumingi
- Pentaceraster decipiens
- Pentaceraster gracilis
- Pentaceraster horridus
- Pentaceraster magnificus
- Pentaceraster mammillatus
- Pentaceraster multispinus
- Pentaceraster regulus
- Pentaceraster sibogae
- Pentaceraster tuberculatus
- Pentaceraster westermanni





















































































































































